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Protest held in Kolkata demanding Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation

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Senjuti Sengupta
Protest held in Kolkata demanding Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation
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Students across Kolkata held protests demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan following alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG examination and police crackdowns on demonstrators in Delhi. The movement, supported by various student organizations and the Cockroach Janta Party, continues to gain momentum as opposition parties criticize the government's handling of the crisis.

Students from Kolkata, mostly from universities in and around the city, held protests on Thursday (July 23, 2026) in solidarity with the students demonstrating at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET-UG paper leak.

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