New Delhi:
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan‘s resignation on Saturday marked a big victory for the students and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and left many surprised that the Centre took such a decision. Until Friday, there had been no indication that the government was prepared to part with one of its senior ministers. Yet within 24 hours, Pradhan had resigned, the government had reopened negotiations with student protesters, and the CJP-led agitation announced an end to its weeks-long protest.
What changed so dramatically in such a short period?
According to sources familiar with the negotiations, the turning point came during the second round of talks between the Centre and CJP representatives on Friday. Those discussions, held after weeks of escalating protests over the NEET paper leak, reportedly ended without any agreement and left the government confronting an ultimatum from the protest leadership.
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