India, May 27 -- Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has slammed Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over the latter's questions regarding the handling of reserved faculty positions in central educational institutions.

Taking to X on Tuesday, Pradhan said, "Rahul Gandhi and the entire Congress party today have become the biggest brand ambassadors of lies and deceit in the country." He accused Congress of historically neglecting SC, ST, and OBC communities, adding, "The Congress royal family has always cheated SC, ST and OBC, but the prince does not know his own party's anti-Dalit and anti-backward history."

Addressing the data on vacant posts, Pradhan said, "When the UPA government left office in 2014, central universities had 57% SC, 63% ...