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NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition successful Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi connected Sunday reiterated his request for the resignation of national acquisition Minister Dharmendra Pradhan implicit the NEET-UG 2026 controversy.
He said the Congress enactment would proceed its protestation until a foolproof strategy is established to forestall aboriginal insubstantial leaks.The remarks travel amid nationwide protests by the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) implicit alleged irregularities successful the NEET introspection and increasing governmental unit connected the Centre implicit the cancellation of the aesculapian entranceway test.In a station connected X, Congress person accused the authorities of avoiding accountability contempt concerns implicit the aboriginal of lakhs of students."When millions of younker are connected the streets, the aboriginal of 22 lakh children is astatine stake, and the PM remains silent—then the authorities is not focused connected responding, but connected evading," Rahul Gandhi wrote."Until Dharmendra Pradhan resigns and a foolproof strategy is established to forestall insubstantial leaks similar NEET—we volition not stop," helium added.
Rahul's remarks came arsenic NSUI workers held protests and 'Mashaal March' demonstrations successful respective parts of the state demanding enactment implicit the alleged insubstantial leak controversy.
Addressing reporters during 1 specified protest, NSUI National President Vinod Jakhar accused the BJP-led cardinal authorities of failing to halt repeated insubstantial leak incidents."They are incapable to halt the insubstantial leak. The authorities is fooling the radical of the country," Jakhar said."The younker are connected the streets today. Our wide request is that the Education Minister should resign and instrumentality motivation work for this insubstantial leak.
We besides request an impartial probe and a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe," helium added.The contention surrounding NEET-UG 2026 has intensified aft officials from the National Testing Agency (NTA) informed the Parliamentary Standing Committee that the introspection insubstantial was not leaked successful afloat and that lone immoderate questions had allegedly surfaced earlier the test.NTA Director General Abhishek Singh and Higher Education Secretary Vineet Joshi informed the committee that respective reforms had already been implemented to fortify the introspection system, portion further measures were inactive being worked on.Officials maintained that the alleged leak did not originate from the NTA strategy and said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is presently probing the circulation of leaked questions that led to the cancellation of the examination.The Centre had cancelled the NEET-UG 2026 introspection held connected May 3 crossed 551 cities successful India and 14 planetary centres aft allegations of a insubstantial leak emerged. More than 22 lakh candidates had appeared for the exam.Authorities aboriginal announced that the re-examination would beryllium conducted connected June 21 nether enhanced information arrangements mandated by the Union Education Ministry.The Parliamentary Standing Committee has besides discussed proposals to displacement NEET-UG to a computer-based investigating format from adjacent twelvemonth successful an effort to forestall akin incidents successful the future.
