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Gandhi’s remarks came after the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday said even if there was ‘0.001 per cent negligence’ on the part of anyone in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 examination, it should be thoroughly dealt with.
By: Shubham Ghosh
INDIAN opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (18) hit out at prime minister Narendra Modi for allegedly maintaining “silence” on the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) exam issue and asserted that his party is committed to strongly raising the voice of the youth from the streets to the parliament for ensuring strong policies against paper leaks.
The former Congress president said the arrests made in the states of Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana clearly show that there has been organised corruption in the examination in a planned manner and added these states ruled by the PM’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have become the “epicentre” of paper leaks.
“Narendra Modi, as usual, is maintaining silence on the tampering with the future of more than 24 lakh (2.4 million) students in the NEET examination,” Gandhi said in a post on X in Hindi.
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“The arrests made in Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana clearly show that there has been organised corruption in the examination in a planned manner and these BJP ruled states have become the epicentre of paper leak,” he claimed.
NEET परीक्षा में 24 लाख से अधिक छात्रों के भविष्य के साथ हुए खिलवाड़ पर भी नरेंद्र मोदी हमेशा की तरह मौन धारण किए हुए हैं।
बिहार, गुजरात और हरियाणा में हुई गिरफ्तारियों से साफ है कि परीक्षा में योजनाबद्ध तरीके से संगठित भ्रष्टाचार हुआ है और ये भाजपा शासित राज्य पेपर लीक का…
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 18, 2024
In the manifesto, the Congress had guaranteed to secure the future of the youth by making strict laws against paper leaks.
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“While fulfilling the responsibility of the opposition, we are committed to formulate such tough policies by strongly raising the voice of the youth from the streets to the Parliament and putting pressure on the government,” he said.
Gandhi’s remarks came after the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday said even if there was “0.001 per cent negligence” on the part of anyone in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 examination, it should be thoroughly dealt with.
Observing that students have to labour hard while preparing for these examinations, the apex court said the litigation pertaining to the NEET (Undergraduate)-2024 examination ought not be treated as adversarial.
The NEET, formerly the All India Pre-Medical Test, is a nationwide entrance examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission in undergraduate medical programs.
“Even if there is 0.001 per cent negligence on the part of anyone, it should be thoroughly dealt with,” a vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti told the advocates appearing for the federal government and the NTA.
The NTA conducts the all India pre-medical entrance test.
The bench was hearing two separate petitions raising grievances, including on grace marks given to the students in the examination held on May 5.
(With PTI inputs)
