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New Delhi : Indian Opposition leaders tore into the BJP in Lok Sabha for giving a \u201chero\u2019s welcome\u201d to Dharmendra Pradhan after he quit as central Education Minister amid India-wide student protests over the paper leak scandal.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, participating in a debate on the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill 2026, said Pradhan was welcomed as a \u201csuperstar\u201d in Parliament on Monday.<\/p>\n
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav also questioned the reception accorded to him. Initiating the debate, Deputy Leader of Congress in the House Gaurav Gogoi said Pradhan was welcomed \u201cas if he had come back after fighting a war with Pakistan.\u201d \u201cSame Dharmendra Pradhan was the education minister then (2024), and now… When he came here, he was welcomed as if he had come back after fighting with Pakistan. Do you have no shame?\u201d Gogoi asked.<\/p>\n
Gogoi said the 2026 paper leak proved the 2024 law was a failure. \u201cThen also the government had said it was a historic step, which will deter people from leaking paper. The 2026 leak proved that the law was a failure, and it will fail again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the reception, saying in a post on X that \u201cDharmendra Pradhan is \u2014 and will always remain \u2014 a symbol of corruption and India\u2019s ruined education system. That very system claimed the lives of 26 children and forced lakhs of youths to take to the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPradhan had to resign not out of moral conscience, but out of fear of the youth\u2019s outrage. And today, the BJP is garlanding that very same person in Parliament. This is not an honour; it is a celebration of the ruined futures of lakhs of children. Every student in the country is watching this, and will remember every face involved,\u201d Gandhi said.<\/p>\n
Pradhan resigned on Saturday following weeks of Cockroach Janta Party-led widespread protests over irregularities in NEET-UG 2026 and the government\u2019s handling of the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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