Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya stated Dharmendra Pradhan offered to resign as Union Education Minister. This offer was made on the very first day of the student agitation in Delhi. Vijayvargiya congratulated Pradhan for foiling foreign designs to destabilize India. He also criticized the Congress for celebrating Pradhan's resignation. The minister asserted that the country is moving in the right direction.

India’s education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned after weeks of protests over alleged exam leaks and irregularities in the education system.

Dharmendra Pradhan resigns as Union Education Minister, announcing his decision on X on July 25, 2026.