India, July 27 -- In 2015, Union minister Rajnath Singh said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government ministers do not resign. He added that it happened in the previous Congress-led government, which was voted out of power a year earlier, implying Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not yield under pressure.

Singh's statement went viral after Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned under pressure from agitating students protesting against examination irregularities.

The politically prudent decision of having Pradhan resign is believed to have been based on three factors. One, the majority of Gen Z protestors had no political leanings. They carried no party flags or applauded any leader. Tw...