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Dharmendra Pradhan says Gen Z ‘misled’ in NEET protests, quit as minister
Dharmendra Pradhan says Gen Z ‘misled’ in NEET protests, quit as minister
Former Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said attempts to "mislead" Gen Z during the NEET paper leak protests prompted his resignation on July 25. Speaking at GM University in Sambalpur, Pradhan…
The Story in Brief
Former Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said attempts to "mislead" Gen Z during the NEET paper leak protests prompted his resignation on July 25. Speaking at GM University in Sambalpur, Pradhan said the ministerial post was not important to him and that he approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi to offer his resignation.
Pradhan also hit out at BJD chief Naveen Patnaik for allegedly engaging youths in protests against him. BJD leader Rohit Pujari countered that Pradhan brought criticism on himself through police excesses on agitating students and that 21 children died by suicide over the issue. Police later detained about 30 BJD workers in Sambalpur as a precaution, The New Indian Express reports.
The Indian Opinion
Both sides are playing the blame game instead of addressing exam reforms. Pradhan says he quit because Gen Z was misled, but BJD points to 21 suicide deaths and police lathi-charge at Jantar Mantar. Voters should watch whether the CBI or a parliamentary panel actually fixes NEET's leak-prone system, or if this becomes just another slugfest before Odisha's next election.
Sources (3): economictimes.indiatimes.com, timesnownews.com, newindianexpress.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
