India, July 25 -- In a major political development, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tendered his resignation on Saturday following mounting nationwide protests over alleged paper leaks and irregularities in the NEET examinations.

His announcement came on social media platform X, where he confirmed submitting his resignation letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The resignation marks a key turning point in the month-long agitation led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-a student-led movement that originated as a satirical youth platform-alongside opposition parties. The development occurred just hours before the CJP was scheduled to enter a third round of talks with Central government representatives.

Earlier in the day, t...