Eshwarappa defends Pradhan over resignation

Former minister K.S. Eshwarappa addressing the media in Shivamogga on Monday. | Photo Credit: S.K. Dinesh Stating that Dharmendra Pradhan had brought in many reforms in the education field, former Minister K.S. Eshwarappa said the Union Minister for Education had been made to resign for the wrongs committed by someone else.Addressing a press conference in Shivamogga on Monday, Mr. Eshwarappa said Mr. Pradhan was a committed and honest leader who had been made to take responsibility for matters he was not involved in. He recalled that when he was president of the State unit of the BJP, Mr. Pradhan was the party’s in-charge for Karnataka and had travelled extensively across the State to strengthen the party organisation.Mr. Eshwarappa also said the students’ protests over the NEET-UG paper l