Vibha SharmaNew Delhi, July 25 -- Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation marks one of the rare occasions when the Narendra Modi government yielded to public pressure, specifically young Gen Z protestorsA few summers ago, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh famously said, "This is not a UPA government, this is an NDA government. Our ministers do not have to resign." He was responding to opposition demands for the resignation of ministers facing controversies.
The statement appeared to come back to haunt the Narendra Modi-led NDA government on Saturday when union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned from the union Cabinet amid sustained public protests over examination irregularities and the NEET paper leak.
Following Pradhan's resignation,...