'Govt Must Listen To People': Rahul Gandhi Hails Students' Victory After Dharmendra Pradhan Steps Down

Published 25 July 2026 · local

'Govt Must Listen To People': Rahul Gandhi Hails Students' Victory After Dharmendra Pradhan Steps Down Curated By, Last Updated: July 25, 2026, 18:44 IST Rahul

'Govt Must Listen To People': Rahul Gandhi Hails Students' Victory After Dharmendra Pradhan Steps Down Curated By, Last Updated: July 25, 2026, 18:44 IST Rahul Gandhi said Pradhan's resignation was a response to public fury over the destruction of India's education system in the recent years. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressing the media. (Congress) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday congratulated students after the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, adding that the government must start listening to the people and punish those behind violence against students. His remarks came after Dharmendra Pradhan stepped down as Education Minister on Saturday amid heightened fury over the recent paper leak controversy surrounding the May 3 NEET-UG examination. His resignation was the key demand of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), which led a massive protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar over the last month. Dharmendra Pradhan Resignation LIVE Updates Addressing a press conference, Rahul Gandhi said, “First of all, this is the victory of our students.

This is the future of India. The education system, which used to be our pride, the whole world acknowledged that the education system of India is very good. It has been under attack for years. It is being captured, it is being privatised. This was a reaction to that." He also described Pradhan as a “symbol of corruption and destruction" in the education system and had to leave. “It is good that he left. But now the government will have to take concrete steps to change the education system." ‘Warning From Students To Govt’ Rahul Gandhi alleged that India’s education system had been destroyed and called for deep steps to be taken to fix it. The Leader of Opposition demanded action against those responsible for violence against the students. He also demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also blamed Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the violence against students, saying, “We will not accept our own forces shooting at the future of India.

That is going to be a major issue in Parliament." “This is a warning from the students of India and from the opposition that you cannot run India in the way you have been running it. This is not your personal fiefdom. This is not something that belongs to you. This country belongs to the people of India. It belongs to the Constitution of India. All these institutions do not belong to you. If you continue down this path, you will see that what has happened now will happen on a scale ten times larger," he asserted. His remarks came as Pradhan resigned after days of protests over the NEET-UG examination. In his resignation message, he said he had accepted responsibility for the irregularities and stepped down to prevent “anti-national forces" from creating confusion and exploiting the situation. He also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the opportunity to serve as education minister.