A Tale of Two Reputations: The Pralhad Joshi Conundrum The appointment of Pralhad Joshi to the additional charge of the Ministry of Education has sparked a heated debate in India's Parliament, with Congress MPs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi accusing him of being a "defender of rapists.
" At the center of this controversy is a 2017 video that appears to show Joshi expressing happiness over the release of those convicted of raping a pregnant woman.
The opposition has seized upon this clip as evidence of Joshi's alleged sympathies with perpetrators of heinous crimes.