New Delhi, July 23:
The Congress party on Wednesday slammed Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for his remarks on Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and said that the former has “no moral right to even comment”, while demanding his resignation from the Union Ministry.
This came a day after Pradhan sharply criticised Gandhi and the Congress party for allegedly using students as “political tools” during the ongoing protests over the NEET paper leak. Reacting to this, Congress MP Jebi Mather told IANS, “Dharmendra Pradhan has no moral right to even comment.
Dharmendra Pradhan has the audacity to make such statements when he is the main person responsible; when he is the culprit for this kind of mismanagement of the education system, of paper leak.” “Instead of stepping down, he is making big speech. He has to immediately resign, and we will go to any extent protesting and demanding that,” she added.
Congress MP Pawan Khera, said, “They (the government) are playing politics against the students. Tell Dharmendra Pradhan not to give such long speeches. He should simply resign. We do not want his speeches; we want his resignation.”