Before Dharmendra Pradhan quit, Centre offered to change his portfolio; CJP said no

BEFORE EDUCATION Minister Dharmendra Pradhan submitted his resignation to the Prime Minister on Saturday, the government had proposed a change in his portfolio as a compromise solution to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). The government was hopeful the CJP and student leaders at the helm of the protests would be amenable to Pradhan being divested of the education portfolio but still remaining a Cabinet Minister. J P Nadda and Jitendra Singh, the two ministers representing the government, had in their discussion with CJP, suggested that students could end the protest with a new Education Minister, and all other subsidiary demands of CJP being met, top sources told The Indian Express. Read | CJP warns of protest again, says students arrested, being harassed “The government had made that proposal. But the protesters were adamant that Pradhan should resign,” said a source in the government.