Nagpur, May 17 -- Echoing Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi's criticism of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over NEET-UG paper leak, Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Sunday termed it as a "failure of the government", calling on Pradhan to resign from the post.

Speaking to the media, Wadettiwar said that Pradhan being the Education Minister is "destructive" for the youth's future.

"This is a failure of the government, this shows their apathy towards education...a person like him seated on the chair of Education Minister is destructive for the future of the youth," he said.

Earlier, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi attacked the BJP-led Central government over the alleged irregularities in NEET-UG 2026 and demanded the resignation of Union Educa...