Dharmendra Pradhan exit sparks calls for Odisha, Chhattisgarh ministers to resign

Members of Left Front parties protest against Education Minister Nityananda Gond in Bhubaneswar on Monday. (ANI) 4 min readBhubaneswar, RaipurJul 28, 2026 07:32 AM IST First published on: Jul 28, 2026 at 07:32 AM IST Opposition parties, students and activists in Odisha and Chhattisgarh have stepped up their demand for the resignation of their states’ education ministers after Dharmendra Pradhan stepped down on Saturday as Union Education Minister following massive youth-led protests in Delhi and other parts of the country against the NEET question paper leak. In Odisha, Pradhan’s home state, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Congress stepped up their campaign against state School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over errors in school textbooks.Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik