In 2014 and so ... "world was excited about India and its untapped potentials" .... :::: In 2026 ... 2000 people with criminal background came to Jantar Mantar ... "Because New India's rise under Modi invited resistance"

 It might not have been masterstroke; but the government showed restrains. It agreed to give another cheek for another blow and prepare ground for more significant battles.  

PM Narendra Modi and his Govt are committed to --  'One Nation, One Election' ... a comprehensive FCRA law to check illegitimate foreign funding often allegedly being used for conversion and other sinister works. 

There is another way to look at it too. The government’s strategies and police approach around June 29 perhaps only fuelled the anguish and the 'movement' for Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation further. The “cockroach” remains an ill-considered word.  But the agitation achieved something. Pradhan should have resigned long back and for this not Pradhan but the BJP leadership and Pradhan Mantri himself is responsible.  

"... the resignation has another potential. For the first time, a thought will cross the mind of other ministers that they might also someday be held accountable. They will realise that even PM Modi can, when it suits him, use them as sacrificial pawns," wrote Pratam Bhanu Mehta in 'Indian Express'.  

Hence, all ministers will need to protect themselves. But there is selective amnesia. The BJP ministers J P Nadda and Jitendra Singh - were bad negotiators. Otherwise there should have been a good bargain that Education Ministers in Punjab, Telengana and Karnataka should also resign. 

If CJP spare these state governments - their credibility will also shake and the BJP will be happy about it. This is one possible reason - the BJP is not making much noise on this.  

Of course -- Five New Bills expected during the Monsoon Session are:

Income-tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026

Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026

Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026

Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026: (intentional insult or disruption during the singing of Vande Mataram a punishable offence)  

** Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026  

The 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill on women's reservation through the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies may be brought in. 

In April, the earlier version of the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill was defeated in Parliament. 

One Constitutional Amendment Bill (130th) on automatic removal from public office of constitutional authorities, including the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers, is still under discussion by a Joint Parliamentary Committee headed by BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi. 

What are the new and old challenges for PM Modi? 

PM Modi’s image has an 'invincible' political aura. This often gets compromised and dented. It happened in July 2026 and had happened in Nov 2021 during farmers' protest too. 

Even earlier, he faced 'resistance' to normal government functioning and when steps were taken for reforms in policies. 

In 2015 - Opposition growing grew up quite significantly against a key initiative to simplify India’s highly restrictive land-acquisition laws.

The fact it, Indians have some double standards for everything. We want development. But India investors often face legal and social obstacles that keep them from getting the land they need. Nandigram and Singoor are two names in West Bengal.

Modi faced the predicament. He was painted pro–Ambani and Adani .. and pro Big Business. The tag Suit-Boot ka Sarkar meant being 'anti-poor'.

That is damaging for any Neta who has to face voters periodically. One election loss for BJP and the media and detractors jumped saying - 'count down has begun'. Amid all these, he has passed through 12 plus years and that's no joke. 

Yet the same challenges remain.

Now in 2021 with regard agri reforms Bill, PM Modi had 'miscalculated' in thinking that farmers will see market “freedoms” as opportunities. The middlemen prevailed and the protest almost went out of control when even Red Fort was under siege. There are state-related problems and often due to geographical and natural factors.  

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra have been drought-prone and electorally crucial.

Elections in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will be held in 2028 just before 2029 Lok Sabha polls and Maharashtra will have it after the general elections. Team Modi is apprehensive of many factors.

A weak monsoon in 2026–27 would allow rural distress to build up. Who knows - Climate shocks could translate into electoral judgments as well.

Foreign Policy and foreign factors:  

When he won 2014 election, no one knew how Modi would act on the world stage. The answer came the moment he became Prime Minister. 

For his swearing-in ceremony, Modi invited leaders from around South Asia—including from Pakistan. In later stages; he kept on applying different dimensions and different approaches for different world powers. 

Today India matters to the US, to China, to France and also Russia, Brazil and South Africa. Many global players are actually rattled with the rise of this South Asian nation.

China has own reasons and own methods. The US under Trump could not get credit for India's Operation Sindoor and the ceasefire. The trade talks are on and India is bargaining hard.  

The 'deep state' methodologies succeeded in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. Myanmar is in chaos. Why not India - they may always feel ... and this is a permanent problem Team Modi and the foreign policy-cum-defence policy engine room will have to deal with. 

Unseasonal Political Storm : A possibility  

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Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation was "majboori ka naam Shukriya" :::: BJP's bigger plans in Parliament include Women Bill and Delimitation ... and now Opposition is 'trapped'

Namo thinks big and acts 'futuristic'.

Ministers come; Ministers can go. 

After the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-led NDA had 293 MPs, including the BJP's 240. Its tally rose to 318 in 2026 because 20 rebel Trinamool MPs aligned with the NDA.

In addition, six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs also merged with the Shinde Sena faction.

In 2002 -- first few days mayhem; he did not what was going on. But he knew how to turn the table on media and had 

told some of us --- "mei ney public nas pakda hae". 

(I understand people's pulse better). 

Media laughed. English press dismissed him. Sickularism was singing its own song !!  

Now in 2026 --  he found himself cornered. But he knew how to "bow" down before public/youth pressure. 

"When PM Modi ji says 'India first'; he actually means people  first," says BJP national vice president M Chuba Ao. 

 So, Dharmendra Pradhan -- only a small sacrifice for BJP's bigger goals.

The Lotus party is a party which obsesses over the future. That a resignation would create precedence was one of the key reasons it didn't want Dharmendra Pradhan to go. 

Modi himself does not appreciate such precedence !  But then, the BJP has bigger Parliament plans.  

Women Bill and Delimitation draft law ... and now Opposition is 'trapped' ?? 

The BJP and NDA priority now will be now Parliament. 

The opposition parties may have to behave responsibly. Another Sanghparivar associate said - 

"Public kabhi kabhi bhola hoten haen... To make Pradhan mantri get back his rhythm; Dharmandra Pradhan had to go any way."

We also understand this. In fact, the speculation about cabinet reshuffle was on these lines. Had Dharmendra Pradhan been shifted by PM himself; he could be still in the ministry. 

Grapevine has it - after May, Pradhan wanted to "step aside" more than once. But his plea was turned down. In the entire process; he became a newsmaker.  The circumstances forced him out of the ministry.

But he had been made a martyr and a neo-BJP hero.

The CJP stir and related developments and Rahul Gandhi sitting on Dharna at an "ill-advised location" actually diverted attention of public from Ayodhya. At least media lost the issue for last few days and even about a week.

"If Parliament management by Kiren Rijiju and others are smooth and Delimitation and Women quota bills are passed. we will know who has the last laugh,"  says an analyst.

"... those who know the third party 'win' will finish Congress and other opposition parties .. they are called 'Rahul Gandhi and his party'. This happened in 2012-13. The AAP came out of the Lokpal movement but everywhere it is a threat to Congress and not BJP," says Varanasi-based Tushar Bhadra.  

The Congress party knows where the shoe pinches. And hence the outburst -

 

"The time has come to remove this government. Don't be afraid" - courtesy Rahul Gandhi.  

2002 - Media Coverage - "He was always wrong" 

With regard, Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation - 'India Today' says in an article -

"With 'what if tomorrow...' on its mind, the BJP tried to delay what was destiny."  

It is true two senior ministers — J P Nadda and Jitendra Singh — succeeded in getting Wangchuk to end his fast, toning down his demand for Pradhan's resignation. 

But by then, the protest had become way bigger than Wangchuk or the Cockroach Janta Party. The fire had spread and it needed a sacrifice made.  

The Delimitation Bill is special and will leave Congress further dejected.

In April this year, the government had convened a special session to tie it with the Women's Reservation bill. But it was defeated as the treasury could not muster the support of two-thirds majority. But political scenario and numbers have changed especially after West Bengal polls and the split in TMC and Shiv Sena. 

The landmark bills could be brought in the session that would continue till August 13.

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Kargil Vijay Diwas remembered ::: “Intent of infiltrators” remains unchanged, says Defence Minister Rajnath :::: ".. unwavering patriotism and devotion to duty of Indian soldiers will continue to inspire", says PM Modi

Speaking at the Kargil War Memorial during Shaurya Sandhya, an event marking the anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said India’s armed forces would continue to grow stronger through self-reliance and modernisation.

Children celebrate Kargil Diwas at Imphal, Manipur 

On the eve of the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas, Assam Rifles organised a series of patriotic outreach programmes, youth engagements and humanitarian initiatives across 

Thoubal, Kakching, Chandel, 

Tengnoupal and Churachandpur districts of Manipur on 25 July 2026. 

Nagaland Governor at 13 Assam Rifles helipad , Kohima on Kargil Day function

He paid tribute to the soldiers who fought in extreme conditions, saying their determination despite freezing temperatures and low oxygen levels ensured that the nation remained secure.

Singh also highlighted the Army’s tradition of 'Bada Khana', where officers and soldiers share a meal together, describing it as a symbol of teamwork and unity.  

Kargil Vijay Diwas commemorates India’s victory in the 1999 Kargil conflict with Pakistan and honours the courage, sacrifice and determination of the soldiers who took part in Operation Vijay.

The Defence Minister addressing Army personnel during a Shaurya Bhoj event in Dras, said the challenges faced by the country had not diminished.

He further said that the “intent of infiltrators” remained unchanged since the Kargil conflict.

He said the spirit, discipline and national pride of the armed forces remained India’s greatest strength and would continue to safeguard the country.  

In a post on X, PM Narendra Modi said the nation remembered the extraordinary courage and commitment of the soldiers who secured India’s sovereignty during the Kargil War.

“Their valour in the face of the most formidable conditions will forever remain a source of national pride. Their unwavering patriotism and devotion to duty will continue to inspire generations,” he said.

                   Capt Neikezhakuo (alias Neibu) Kengurusie :: An Angami Naga ... Kargil hero 

Nagaland Guv Nand Kishore Yadav honouring family members of Kargil martyr 

Capt Kengurusie

          Nagaland Governor Nand Kishore Yadav flagged off the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas Commemorative Bike Rally, at 13 Assam Rifles Helipad, Kohima on Sunday, July 26  

More snaps on Kargil Day celebrations in Manipur 

NSCN-IM wanted a 'Ministry of Naga Affairs' under Govt of India -- the demand was negated by interlocutors in the past :::: Militant body wanted 130 members in Pan Naga Hoho --- "no such numbers" were agreed upon by New Delhi

The North East India's onetime most potent militant body, the NSCN-IM, with 'good China connections' wanted 130 members in the proposed Pan Naga Hoho. However, "no such numbers" were agreed upon by New Delhi.  

The NSCN-IM wanted a 'Ministry of Naga Affairs' under Govt of India -- but the demand was negated by interlocutors in the past. 

But both the sides had agreed that the proposed Pan Naga Hoho would be framed based on "Naga customary system beginning from the village level". They also agreed that the PNH will play an advisory role in the field of promoting education and development. 

Both sides said the PNH shall be constituted based on the Naga customary system beginning from the village level that "reflects their democracy in its pristine form". 

Apparently, it was agreed upon by both sides that on the recommendation of the PNH the President of India may nominate one eminent Naga person to the Rajya Sabha.  

There was crucial agreement apparently on Budget and Economy matters. It was suggested by the NSCN-IM itself that in consonance with the Framework Agreement and its spirit ... "there shall be a separate budget" from the Govt of India to help run the administration for Nagaland Govt. 

An amount of  Rs 30,000 crore was to be earmarked for the first year after the agreement and thereafter it shall be increased annually by 20 percent.

Sources in Delhi do not confirm anything on this facet of the proposals.  

      Blogger : Near Ukhrul where Nagaland CM Rio has friends and a few critics too 

However, they insist how could New Delhi provide so much of 'tax payers money' to a province and also grant it a separate flag and Constitution. 

Analysts in Delhi take this 'factor' as a prime trigger for the Eastern Flank (NSCN-IM) to try to corner the Hebron leadership. 

Notably, the Eastern Flank in a statement said - to save the nation from 'another surrender' and to rescue the Naga political movement  from  its  present  predicament,  the Extraordinary  Joint  Emergency Meeting  .... decided to 

establish a  'Provisional Government' until a full-fledged government is formed. 

More significantly, from the security perspectives; the Eastern Flank has also stated that there is 'no ceasefire' in operation now.

Hence; mandarins in Delhi point out - "The Eastern Flank claimed that the spirit of the 1997 ceasefire agreement had ceased to exist following what it described as “the Government of India’s betrayal'. It's a challenge. This may open avenues of renewed violence in Nagaland and hills of Manipur." 

On this context, it is also being linked to ambush on Assam Rifles in Manipur and planting of an IED near Dimapur. 

"These are sporting seasons ... If Messi says the game is on... Spain cannot stay away," went a refrain within hours of the Eastern Flank's announcement. 

In any case, the Union Home Ministry is assessing things and hence subsequently pressure would mount on the NPF-BJP regime in Kohima.  It may be mentioned here that for its part, the beleaguered Core Committee of state ministers headed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and which also has BJP's deputy CM Y Patton, had time and agan held 'conclaves' with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and also the likes of A K Mishra, former emissary.

These came on the backdrop of sheer helplessness shown by peace emissary AK Mishra that issues like a separate flag and constitution were not negotiable. 

Often Naga leaders (not in the Rio ministry or the state assembly) had in the past taken exception that the Nagaland cabinet was trying to 

"enlisting the help of Assam's sitting Chief Minister whose only credential is being chairman of NEDA." 

This was ridiculous. Around 2023, one refrain was went viral in Delhi circles was -- Are some people overground and underground are now taking taxpayers' money for granted.

"Does Himanta have a magic wand, if so Chief Minister Rio and Deputy CM Patton of BJP should announce it formally. 

Then we will not complain. An issue and complex matters which could not be solved by Prime Ministers including Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi; how can Himanta play a positive role?"," said a Naga leader in 2022 (as reported in 'Nagaland Page')

Muivah and Late Isak Chishi Swu

 

In March 2022, Q. Tuccu, chairman of the NSCN-IM, in a speech had said:

"We have to prove ourselves before God and before the Naga people and the whole world that we the NSCN members, the frontline torch bearers of Naga political movement, shall stand the ground till the last man standing".  

Now, all speculation is around the NSCN-IM (Eastern Flank)  statement. After July 21 meeting, its elaborate statement alleged 

that the Hebron headquarters leadership had failed to act on the directives issued by NSCN-IM General Secretary Thuingaleng Muivah after the Government of India allegedly failed to honour the Framework Agreement signed on August 3, 2015.

“The leadership at Hebron/GHQ failed to take the necessary steps as outlined in the statement issued by the Chief Political Negotiator and General Secretary Th. Muivah,” the statement said.

The Eastern Flank further claimed that “the spirit of the 1997 ceasefire agreement had ceased to exist”.

 

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More and More .... interesting comments are pouring in on NEET paper leak protest, Pradhan's resignation and youth power....

 My What'sApp University is flooded with views, opinion and reviews.

There are suggestions and cautioning. And More ... hence sharing out a few ::: --

Shillong-based S Manoj wrote :  

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee did not resign after people were killed in firing in Nandigram, West Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee did not resign after the R.G. Kar incident.

Rajiv Gandhi did not resign after Sikhs were massacred. 

Indira Gandhi did not resign even after losing the election - on the contrary, she imposed Emergency.

 
However, Dharmendra Pradhan resigned after the question paper leak, even after conducting the re-examination transparently.

He we note he did so -- just to maintain the stability of the country.

Not everyone can take responsibility. Not everyone can give up the addiction to power."

 

R. Vijay in Mumbai was caustic and he says:

"Democracy is a boring political system with elections, rules, regulations, procedures, discussions, consensus building, Parliament proceedings. It is like Test cricket. 

Long drawn, ultimate test of endurance and patience. Now we are living in the era of T20. 

Quick runs, quick wickets, big hits and instant results." 

The next remark is more of a funny one -  "There's one sarcastic comment on social media. Probably it's old.  Modi has no experience of sitting in opposition so it would be futile to bring Congress  to power and let Rahul Gandhi become PM" - my regular blog commentator Patil Bhau. 

"The world has changed. Even for this history may say 'Modi Hae toh Mumkin hae'. Students' protest happened during Mandal Commission controversy. There was self immolation too. Yet V P Singh did not resign. Modi had to let his Education Minister go." -  

Jhuma Sen in Tezpur, Assam 

Ashutosh Talukdar says:  

"Sometimes Govts don't create their strongest opponents through election; they create them through indecision.

History shows that when Govts delay action, they often end up creating the very leaders they'll have to fight tomorrow..". 

"Haar ke jeetne walon ko Narendra Modi kaheten haen ... And those who know the third party win will finish Congress and other opposition parties and they are called Rahul Gandhi and his party. This happened in 2012-13 too". --  Tushar Bhadra, Varanasi 

Anukul Maity in Hailakandi, Assam says : 

"This is an example and a lesson to remember. Streetfighters have won. But I thought, the big message is the concept of opposition has become a lukewarm term. They failed and students' succeeded. 

On the other hand, the BJP captured history in which the future, as an imagination, is open to democratic possibility."

I. Mofidul in Nagaon, Assam says:

"The fate of slogans and some words and some developments are  critical for democracy. You should understand the biggest casualty is the idea of opposition itself. The Congress has been a source of disappointment. The Congress party in Assam and other states in northeast sounds like yesterday’s newspaper." 

Mr Vidhan in Vrindavan says: 

"I am not hopeful of CJP being a successful political party working for a civilized society or a responsible new generation. Chaotic violence and having been influenced by foreign powers and other players is no achievement. 

All patriotic peoples must resist this hypocrisy led by anti national forces to tarnish the image of the Govt at any cost and to bring Jihadi elements to limelight." 

  

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Dharmendra Pradhan has paid the price for weak control :::: Taste of Blood ... for Cockroach :::: Goalposts keep changing. If one Minister resigns; they will say a few others should :::: "Exemplary actions must be taken against NEET 2026 leak wrongdoers"

 

They were already talking about regime change.

Goalposts keep changing. If one Minister resigns; they will say a few others should. Then they may say Prime Minister Narendra Modi must resign.

Even as Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned; for the government and the ruling BJP-headed-NDA the real challenge will start now.

"For other sections of society—farmers, laborers, the poor, every person whom this government has suppressed and crushed—true courage lies in standing firm in a constitutional manner for one's dignity. 

The time has come to remove this government. Don't be afraid!," said Rahul Gandhi.

But let me make it clear; my study about Indian politics from media perspective in the last few decades suggest - India is neither Nepal, nor Bangladesh or Egypt or Sri Lanka. Still the forces inimical to the BJP and the Modi Govt are very active. 

However, I can assure them that they do not understand how Indian democracy actually works. The last 12-13 years under Narendra Modi has been a completely new journey - for Bharat, that is 'New India'.

The country's rise was always going to invite resistance. Not only foreign powers; even forces operating in India - the communists, the Naxals and the NGO club getting regular funds flow are displeased with the present regime.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had relented under public protest earlier in November 2021 when he withdrew the farm reform Bill. Modi is known for his macho-decisive leader image. But on Nov. 19, he made a dramatic retreat by announcing the rollback of three contentious farm laws. 

All these opposition by multiple anti-India forces also because Namo has made it clear that India is no longer willing to remain weak and meek. 

Sikh farmers in Amritsar on Nov 19, 2021 after the Bills were withdrawn

The 2021 decision was also crucial. An impression went both within the country and overseas that the Hindu-Sikh division had widened again like in the 1980s. The three farm laws were being dubbed as anti-Sikh. This time too, the alleged role of 2000 plus people with criminal background and over 400 handles from Pakistan made it clear that things could go out of hands. 

Over 70 police officers and personnel were injured.  In 2021, there was suspicion that anti-India forces (possibly from Pakistan) could attempt to revive the separatist Khalistani movement, which caused much bloodshed in Punjab in the early eighties leading to the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi.

   

Having said so, now let us focus on the Cockroach party protest in Delhi and in some other parts of the country. A rising 'New India' under BJP government with its strong "nationalistic and India-first" agenda was bound to face challenges on three fronts.

 

Ideological ecosystems == the Sickularism gang; 

Street mobilisation - as was farmers' stir and now students protest

And through foreign influence.

Therefore, the moot point at this juncture is the NEET-paper leak protest is something more than what's happening around. 

First, let us take the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan. It is an evidence of first taste of blood by the 'cockroach'. Hence time to worry.  

They could soon enter an dictating term. This may only turn counterproductive and also violent. 

Among the corrective steps; the Govt has announced fast track courts.

But what about enough number of judges to run those courts?

It is right -- the "judicial vacancies" is the biggest bottleneck. 

The governance model of Sickularism .... over the decades under Congress, other parties and the BJP has only ensured a lesser number of judges and shortage in military. 

But the paradox is - there is joblessness in the country.

Should administrative reform come soon? 

Should IAS - the 'deep state' in Indian power structure really has to be sent on permanent pension ?  

Creating additional fast-track courts -- as announced by PM -- would produce meaningful results only if vacancies are filled and the supporting judicial infrastructure is strengthened.

There is another argument; or rather apprehension. Once fast courts start working -- the "culprits may be released faster".

The key question is around conviction. This is something very difficult and time taking in India. In fact; we should also know whether the right culprits have been caught in this case of 2026 and whether the investigation is honest and sincere. 

Also importantly, what's the guarantee those arrestes in future and prosecuted will be genuine offenders ?

PM Modi and his team will have to handle the tough situation. 

Every rising power faces attempts to weaken it from within. India is now rising - the youths and other sections should not plan staging such protest. 

Battles are often not fought or won through tanks and missiles. You can actually do so through ...   

information warfare and in the battle of narratives.

Final words :::

What maybe still more important is that to sort out the persons responsible for the leak .... primarily the bureaucracy  (the sickening army called Babus) --- first, exemplary actions must be taken.

The action taken against them should be also made public so that this imposes a caution on future 'babus' who take up such sensitive appointments. 

Dharmendra Pradhan has paid the price for weak control. 

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Karnataka lawmaker Pralhad Joshi to head Education ministry ::: President Droupadi Murmu accepts Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation

Pralhad Joshi to be new Education Minister 

He was also the Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, the Minister of Coal and the Minister of Mines from 2019 to 2024. 

Joshi has been a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha since 2004, representing the Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency.  He was also the State President of BJP, Karnataka unit from 2014 to 2016.  

He is serving as the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and also New and Renewable Energy since 2024. Earlier in the day, Dharmendra Pradhan, a member of Rajya Sabha, announced his resignation saying the developments of the past 10 days had 'saddened' him deeply.

Moreover, the issue was 'not a matter of personal prestige', he said. 

President Droupadi Murmu accepted Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation on the Prime Minister's advice.  According to an official release issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan, 

"The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of Shri Dharmendra Pradhan from the Union Council of Ministers, with immediate effect, under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution of India. Further, as advised by the Prime Minister, the President has directed that Shri Pralhad Joshi, Cabinet Minister, be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Education, in addition to his existing portfolio."  

Noting that he did not want "anti-national forces" to exploit the situation, Pradhan said he wanted to ensure that "the unity of the nation remains intact", "the future of even a single student should not become entangled in legal complications" and that students devote their time to studies and building their careers.

"Keeping all these considerations in mind, I have sent my resignation to the Hon'ble Prime Minister," he said.  

Pradhan's resignation also marks a rare instance of a senior minister in the Narendra Modi government stepping down amid sustained street protests and political pressure.  

The resignation follows weeks of nationwide protests over alleged irregularities in competitive examinations, with students demanding greater transparency, accountability and reforms in the examination system.  

Blogger's commentary:  

New Delhi has a 'jugadu club'. Indian sickular ecosystem was at play.

They are immensely "unhappy" since 2014. 

PM Narendra Modi has stopped everything even 'juicy' ... even beat (journalism) has become 'I also cover type' standard -- or sub-standard.

Some journalists/columnists never retire! Is it love for journalism alone? 

They screamed and were delighted at the violence in Manipur. The BJP could manage without Manipur CM N Biren Singh resigning.

This time, Dharmendra Pradhan made an exit after the protest reached its peak and the security situation got challenged due to multiple factors.  

This Sickular club and anti-FCRA lobby, church bodies, several Muslim organisations, Left liberals etc also want 'downfall' of the regime under Modi.

I am all for media-power; but let us earn it our own way -- hard way ! I am all for a clean examination system. Can resignation of a minister end 'question paper leak' ?

Why should Sickularism have all the fun? Why a TV journo was manhandled ? Who provided the food ? 

Does Education reform upset foreign university lobby ?  

And what about 400 plus Pakistan-based handles/tools were on the job. The situation is serious.  

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