After the Union Education Ministry cancelled the June UGC-NET, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take responsibility for the paper leak issues surrounding the NEET UG 2024 exam. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, Kharge wrote, “You ‘discuss exams’ a lot, when will you ‘discuss NEET exam’? Cancellation of UGC-NET exam is a victory of the spirit of millions of students.
This is the defeat of the arrogance of the Modi government due to which they made a despicable attempt to trample the future of our youth.” Kharge pointed out that the Union Education Minister had earlier claimed no paper was leaked in NEET. “When arrests are made of education mafia in Bihar, Gujarat, and Haryana, the Education Minister accepts that some scam has taken place,” he said.
The Congress chief also demanded clarity on the status of the NEET exam. “When will the NEET exam be cancelled? Modi Ji, please take the responsibility of stopping your government’s rigging and paper leak in NEET exam too!” Kharge added. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of a lackadaisical attitude and urged the central government to take responsibility for the “lax system” in India’s education sector.
“The laxity and corruption of the BJP government is fatal for the youth. After the news of scam in NEET exam, now the NET exam held on 18th June has also been cancelled due to the fear of irregularities,” Priyanka Gandhi wrote on the microblogging site. “Will accountability be fixed now? Will the education minister take responsibility for this lax system?” she asked.
