Dharmendra Pradhan Accused Congress Using Students as Political Tools

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asserted on Tuesday that the government is committed to discussing issues related to the NEET and addressing every genuine concern of youngsters on the floor of Parliament.

Pradhan also slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for staging a dharna outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence and accused him of exploiting students as "political tools" to "manufacture" disruption during the Monsoon session of Parliament.

Earlier in the day, Gandhi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and



several other senior leaders sat on a dharna outside the prime minister's residence here and demanded Pradhan's resignation over the police action against students protesting on the NEET paper-leak issue. "LoP Shri @RahulGandhi and @INCIndia continue to shamelessly exploit students as political tools to manufacture disruption during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

They chose to stage a dharna outside the Hon'ble Prime Minister's residence, causing inconvenience to the public and disregarding established security protocols," Pradhan said in a post on X.