What happened: Dharmendra Pradhan resigns after NEET-related protests
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned after nationwide student protests against allegations of an NEET paper leak. Opposition parties welcomed the resignation, but they also argued that the resignation does not substitute for deeper reforms in education governance and protest policing accountability.
Opposition reactions: resignation as accountability, plus renewed reform demands
Opposition leaders framed Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as a political outcome of student mobilisation and used it to argue for broader changes in India’s education and employment system, including changes linked to examination administration and protest-related legal action.
• Rahul Gandhi (Congress) called the resignation a symbolic step and argued it was a meaningful first step toward addressing broader failures in education and employment systems rather than resolving the deeper crisis.
• Rahul Gandhi also alleged that Union Home Minister Amit Shah was directly responsible for violence against protesters and claimed pellet guns were authorised.