President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday accepted the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as education minister.
“The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan from the Union Council of Ministers, with immediate effect, under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution of India,” the Rashtrapati Bhawan said in a press communique.
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi have been assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Education.
Joshi currently holds the charge of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution & New and Renewable Energy.
The development comes hours after Pradhan tendered his resignation. The powerful BJP leader was forced to step down following massive paper leak protests across the country, with Jantar Mantar in Delhi being the epicenter of the Cockroach Janta Party-led youth movement.
His resignation over paper leaks was among the key demands of the students.
After his resignation, the government also accepted all other demands of the Cockroach Janta Party, including compensation for NEET-linked suicide victims and withdrawal of FIRs against protestors.
The CJP also withdrew its agitation at Jantar Mantar, asking supporters to leave home peacefully.
“All our demands have been accepted, so we request the protesters to withdraw immediately and return home peacefully. We will inform you of our future strategy or any other issues. But we request the protesters to withdraw immediately,” CJP National Spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka said during a joint press conference with Union Minister JP Nadda and Minister of State (MoS) Jitendra Singh.
According to the CJP, the government has agreed to provide the “maximum possible compensation for families of NEET paper leak-related suicide victims.”
All FIRs filed by the Central Government and NDA-ruled states will be withdrawn, and no action will be taken against anyone involved in these protests in the future.
CJP’s 5-point exam reform charter will be considered by the government, and the CJP will meet with the government to discuss these reforms further.