‘No reshuffle, sack Pradhan’: Rahul Gandhi backs protesting students

2 min readNew DelhiJul 25, 2026 12:39 PM IST Gandhi asserted that students were demanding Pradhan's dismissal, not a reshuffle. (ANI screengrab)Amid growing demands for Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said shifting Pradhan to another ministry would not address students’ concerns and that they wanted him to resign. Addressing a press conference after meeting protesting students, Gandhi claimed there were discussions within Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet about moving Pradhan out of the Education Ministry instead of removing him from the government altogether.“There’s some talk going on in Mr Modi’s Cabinet that the solution is to move Dharmendra Pradhan from Education to some other ministry. This is not acceptab