India, July 25 -- A member of the BJP's Margdarshak Mandal (guiding council), the party's former president Murli Manohar Joshi reacted with "better late than never" to Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation amid massive youth protests over exam paper leaks and other issues.

"I appreciate and congratulate all the students for their peaceful conclusion to the movement. I hope that now peace will soon be established in the world of Indian education and that the young people will have ample opportunities for their bright future and progress," said Joshi, who also led India's education policy as minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's BJP-led NDA government nearly three decades ago.

He also said he hoped the PM "will take an im...