PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday welcomed Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation, calling it a victory for India's youth. Speaking in Srinagar, she praised protesters for remaining peaceful and said their participation showed the idea of India was alive. Pradhan resigned after protests over the NEET paper leak controversy and said he took responsibility.

Srinagar, Jul 25: Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday welcomed the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, calling it a victory for the youth of the country.

"I think it's a victory for the youth of India. The youth who stood there for so many days, hungry and thirsty, and they absolutely did not indulge in any violence," Mufti told reporters, adding that "Gandhi's India is reclaiming its space now".

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said the participation of Kashmiri youth in the protest showed that the idea of India was alive.

"The youth who don't believe in division, who don't believe in Hindu-Muslim, who don't believe in polarisation, they have preserved the idea of India in this country," she said.