New Delhi, July 22 -- As the Cockroach Janta Party protests at the Jantar Mantar refuse to die down, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that the act of the Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, stepping down would "certainly defuse the situation".

In a post on X, Chidambaram said, "Irrespective of the different views taken by different sections of the people, the act of stepping down (by the Education Minister) will certainly defuse the situation."

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday responded to the press conference of Union Minister JP Nadda, where he addressed the issue of paper leaks and termed it an "unending series of 'what-aboutery.'

The Union Health Minister and former BJP President JP Nadda's late evening pre...