Participating in the debate in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi alleged that the country's education system had been captured by the RSS and accused the government of denying students the freedom to think independently. The soul of the system has been captured by the RSS," Gandhi said. Referring to the demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Gandhi said, "Rajnath Singh said that we are not the UPA, our ministers never resign. Resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan is superficial because Dharmendra Pradhan never ran the Education Ministry. They have to buy this nonsensical history that the RSS fantasises about... Dharmendra Pradhan is a symbol, the real enemy is the RSS...