'Sack Pradhan from Cabinet': Rahul says ministerial reshuffle won't quell protest
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leak scandal. Gandhi rejected suggestions of a cabinet reshuffle, insisting that the minister must be sacked rather than moved to a different portfolio.
Why it matters
The NEET controversy has become a major flashpoint in Indian politics, highlighting tensions between the opposition and the ruling government regarding student welfare and administrative accountability.
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday said the ongoing protest againt the NEET paper leak would not subside in case Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan is moved to different ministry in much-awaited Cabinet reshuffle.Calling Pradhan "corrupt and incompetent," the Congress leader called him of being "a symbol of the destruction of the most valuable thing that this country has, which is our students and their future". "Students have three demands, and these are not negotiable demands... The first demand is that the Education Minister, who is corrupt, incompetent, and misaligned, has to be sacked... There's some talk going on in Modi's cabinet that the solution is to move Dharmendra Pradhan from education to some other ministry. This is not acceptable to the students of India. It is not acceptable to anybody," the Congress leader said. Gandhi said Dharmendra Pradhan "has to be sacked" without being "moved". "...
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