India, July 21 -- Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday broke his silence on the Cockroach Janata Party's (CJP) protest over the alleged NEET paper leak and exam irregularities, accusing Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the Congress of "shamelessly exploiting students as political tools" to disrupt the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

The statement marked Pradhan's first public response after the CJP's 'Chalo Sansad' protest in Delhi, where police lathi charged protesters, and a political face-off between the opposition and the BJP-led Centre over the alleged examination irregularities.

In a post on X, Pradhan alleged that Rahul Gandhi and the Congress had staged a protest outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reside...