New Delhi, July 24 -- Congress Rajya Sabha MP Pawan Khera on Friday questioned the Centre over the appointment of IAS officer Naresh Pal Gangwar as Higher Education Secretary, alleging subsidy-linked irregularities during his tenure as Secretary to the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

Naresh Pal Gangwar was appointed as Secretary of the Department of Higher Education late Thursday night amid the ongoing NEET-UG paper leak row and demands for the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Vineet Joshi has been transferred to Secretary in the Department of Panchayati Raj.

Speaking to ANI, Pawan Khera emphasised Pradhan's resignation as a non-negotiable condition for dialogue on the paper leak controversy.

Referring...