India, July 26 -- Opposition leaders described Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation on Saturday as an overdue admission of failure following weeks of intense student protests, terming the move as the first major dent in the ruling Modi Cabinet's stubbornness. Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi said Pradhan was a symbol of corruption and "it is good that he is gone".

He described the student protest as a fight between "the past" represented by the Prime Minister and the RSS, and the future of India.

Gandhi said he was confident that "the future of India will defeat the past". He also urged the prime minister to apologise to the students of the country for the "atrocities" committed on them during the agitation.

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