New Delhi, July 24 -- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is at the centre of the nationwide protests over the NEET paper leak controversy. What began as a student-led agitation in Delhi has now spread across the country.

Organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and backed by Opposition parties as well as several Bollywood celebrities, the protests have one central demand: Pradhan's resignation as Union Education Minister.

Pradhan, is likely to remain in the Cabinet, since top hierarchy of the government is convinced that he cannot be blamed for the leak of the examination papers, a senior government official was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

Pradhan, 57, is one of the most influential leaders of Bharatiya Janata Par...