Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dharmendra Pradhan, who resigned as Union education minister following students’ protests over NEET row, was welcomed by some BJP leaders with a traditional cap and stole amid slogans of “Pradhan Zindabad’’.

The Congress lashed out, saying the entire episode was “utterly shameful” and a “grave insult” to the country’s youth. The BJP MPs were welcoming Pradhan as if he had achieved some great feat, the party said.