BJP MP Sambit Patra refuted claims of a ministerial portfolio change for Dharmendra Pradhan, labeling the reports as baseless and aimed at sensationalizing the matter.
Pradhan resigned from the Cabinet on Thursday
Jul 28, 2026
05:20 pm
What's the storyThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has dismissed media reports that the central government had offered former Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan a new Cabinet portfolio after his resignation.
BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra called the reports "fictional" and "unfounded."
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