Pradhan’s resignation shifts focus to Harjot Bains as Congress raises pressure in Punjab
Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said the resignation showed that sustained public pressure could force accountability.
Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said the resignation showed that sustained public pressure could force accountability.
Senior BJP leader and BJP National Council member Sanjay Tandon, reacting to the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET issue, said that "the Education Minister's decision to resign reflects Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to accountability, transparency and the dignity of the youth."
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said India’s youth had “risen to the occasion” by defeating politics of division, while JKPCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra termed the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation a triumph of truth and democratic resistance.
The Tricolour was waved, sweets were distributed, and firecrackers were burst at several places across Madhya Pradesh following the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday.
Joshi is currently the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and New and Renewable Energy.
The announcement is expected to disappoint the Opposition Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) parties that have already raised the issue of major discrepancies in voters' list and taken a stand that local civic body elections must not be held until the voters' list is cleaned up and fake voters are weeded out from the voters' list.
Both the countries condemned the heinous terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, and the Australian side reiterated its support and solidarity with India.
As the accused opened fire on the police with a pellet gun, the ASI retaliated by firing back at him, the sources said.
The three MLAs – R S Pathania, Sunil Bhardwaj and Surinder Kumar -- walked into the Well of the House.
Under the policy, investors who have signed MoUs during the 3-day mega event are being provided industrial plots at reserved rates without any auction process, an official spokesman said, adding 1,200 investors have so far availed benefits in recent months.