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India’s education minister, Dharmandra Pradhan, announced on Saturday that he has stepped down from his position, following a wave of youth-led protests across the country calling for his removal.<\/p>

Pradhan confirmed the resignation himself, marking a significant political development amid growing pressure from demonstrators demanding accountability.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

India’s education minister announced his resignation on Saturday following widespread youth protests demanding he leave office. Dharmandra Pradhan confirmed he had stepped down from the position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":101002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784971021834.jpg?fit=450%2C324&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-qh5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100981,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/indias-youth-protesters-demand-education-ministers-resignation-in-fresh-talks\/","url_meta":{"origin":101003,"position":0},"title":"India’s Youth Protesters Demand Education Minister’s Resignation in Fresh Talks","author":"Admin","date":"July 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Indian government officials were scheduled to meet again Saturday with leaders of a large youth protest movement demanding the education minister step down. 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