Who is India’s new education minister Pralhad Joshi?
- Joshi has been a member of the cabinet since 2019 and is seen as close to powerful PM Modi.
- Pralhad Joshi has been appointed as India’s education minister after weeks-long protests over an exam leak scandal led to the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan.
- Pradhan’s departure, which came on Saturday, was one of the main demands of the youth-led demonstrations that in recent weeks had spread across India into a major challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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- Joshi has been a member of the cabinet since 2019 and is seen as close to powerful PM Modi.
- Pralhad Joshi has been appointed as India’s education minister after weeks-long protests over an exam leak scandal led to the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan.
- Pradhan’s departure, which came on Saturday, was one of the main demands of the youth-led demonstrations that in recent weeks had spread across India into a major challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Sources: Al Jazeera