NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra strongly criticized the Modi government regarding purported irregularities detected within the NEET medical entrance examination. She emphasized the urgent need for addressing students’ “legitimate complaints” by conducting a thorough investigation into the matter.
Numerous NEET medical entrance exam candidates have raised concerns about alleged mark inflation, resulting in an unprecedented 67 individuals achieving the top rank, including six from a single examination center.
The National Testing Agency (NTA), however, denied any irregularities and said the changes made in the NCERT textbooks and grace marks for losing time at the examination centres are some of the reasons behind the students scoring higher marks.
In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said, “First the NEET exam paper was leaked and now the students allege that there has been a scam in its results as well. Serious questions are being raised on 6 students of the same centre getting 720 out of 720 marks and many kinds of irregularities are coming to the fore.”
There are reports of many children committing suicide across the country after the results were announced, Gandhi said and added that this is very sad and shocking.
“Why is the government ignoring the voice of lakhs of students? Students want answers to legitimate questions related to the rigging in the NEET exam results,” the Congress general secretary said.
Is it not the government’s responsibility to resolve these “legitimate complaints” by conducting an investigation, Gandhi asked.