New Delhi, July 25 -- Karnataka MP and BJP leader Pralhad Joshi was handed the additional charge of Union Education Ministry on Saturday (25 July), after Sambalpur MP Dharmendra Pradhan resigned following massive uproar over NEET paper leak. Pralhad Joshi been given additional charge of the Education Ministry besides his role as Consumer Affairs Minister.

A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said that on the advice of the Prime Minister, the President has directed that Joshi, Cabinet Minister, be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Education, in addition to his own duties.

According to his official parliamentary profile, Pralhad Joshi completed his schooling in Hubballi before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Kadasiddheshwar A...