Amid the NEET controversy, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s daughter Naimisha Pradhan has closed her social media account after online trolling.
Naimisha Pradhan, daughter of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, has closed her social media account after increasing opposition and trolling on social media regarding studies abroad. This matter came to light when during the ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP) protest going on at Jantar Mantar, continuous posts and comments started being made about him on social media. Naimisha Pradhan has completed her Master of Laws (LLM) from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA. He obtained his degree in the year 2023.
Trolling increased on social media amid NEET protests
CJP is protesting at Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Meanwhile, social media users found Naimisha Pradhan’s Instagram account, after which a large number of comments were made on many of her posts. The protests intensified when CJP protesters tried to march to Parliament earlier in the week and police took action to stop them. After this, many posts were shared on social media tagging Naimisha Pradhan.
Questions raised regarding studying abroad
Many users on Instagram and other social media platforms raised questions about Naimisha Pradhan’s studies abroad. Some people claimed that they studied abroad because they lacked confidence in India’s education system. It was written in one post that if other students of the country also had sufficient resources and financial capacity, they would also like to go abroad and study. In these posts, demands were also made for the resignation of the Education Minister.
Opponents also reached the post of Tufts University
Some users on social media also went to the comment section of Tufts University’s post and made comments like ‘Dharmendra Pradhan should resign’. Some people also raised the demand to suspend Naimisha Pradhan from the educational institution. However, after completing LLM in the year 2023, Naimisha Pradhan is working as a Senior Associate at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF).
Many people protested against targeting the family
While some users directly targeted Naimisha Pradhan, many people also took issue with it. He said that it is not appropriate to drag a minister’s family member into a controversy. One user wrote that accountability should be sought only from those who are in a position to take decisions. The policies and decisions of people in power can be criticized, but it is not right to target their family members.
Dharmendra Pradhan spoke for the first time on CJP protest
Amidst this entire controversy, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan reacted for the first time to the ongoing CJP protest at Jantar Mantar. He accused Congress and opposition leader in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of using students politically. Pradhan said that the government is fully ready to discuss NEET and youth related issues in Parliament.
Rahul Gandhi accused of using students politically
Dharmendra Pradhan, in a post on social media platform He said that Rahul Gandhi and Congress leaders demonstrated outside the Prime Minister’s residence, which caused inconvenience to the common people and also ignored the rules related to security.
‘Government fully ready to discuss NEET’
Pradhan said the government has already made it clear that it is ready to discuss NEET and other important issues in Parliament. According to him, Congress gave priority to political demonstration instead of democratic debate. He said that Rahul Gandhi’s aim is not to find a solution to the students’ issues but to do politics of confrontation.