Guwahati, July 25 -- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday. He said the decision was taken to safeguard students' futures and stop "anti-national forces" from misusing the large youth protests at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.

He announced the decision on X hours before the third round of talks between the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and the Centre.

Pradhan's resignation was the key demand of the protesters who had been camping at Delhi's Jantar Mantar for more than a month.

The talks between the CJP and the Centre had reached a standstill over the issue. On Saturday morning, the CJP had said that no further discussions would take place unless the government agreed to remove Dharmendra Pradhan from the post of Union ...