India, July 27 -- Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday, July 28, said it was "shameful" the way that the BJP MPs welcomed Dharmendra Pradhan, who recently resigned as the education minister. Two days after his resignation following large-scale student protests, Pradhan was welcomed by some party colleagues in the Parliament complex with a traditional cap and stole, and shouting "Pradhan Zindabad".

Opposition MPs also raised slogans such as "Chor, chor, paper chor" and hit out against the ruling party for felicitating Pradhan.

When she was asked about it, Gandhi said, "Don't you think it is shameful? Everyone saw the circumstances under which Dharmendra Pradhan resigned, but yesterday in the Parliament premises, he was welcom...