Ahmedabad Times

NEW DELHI: Chief of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday upped the ante in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak and questioned why Union schooling minister Dharmendra Pradhan had not been faraway from workplace.In a put up on X, Rahul in contrast the dealing with of the 2024 and 2026 NEET paper leak instances and requested PM Modi to reply questions raised by the nation.“NEET 2024: The paper was leaked. The examination wasn’t cancelled. The minister didn’t resign. The CBI launched an investigation. A committee was shaped. NEET 2026: The paper was leaked. The examination was cancelled. The minister nonetheless didn’t resign. The CBI is investigating once more. One other committee can be shaped,” the Congress chief mentioned.“Modi ji, the nation has some questions for you — reply them! Why are paper leaks occurring time and again? Why are you silent on this repeated ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’? Why haven’t you sacked the schooling minister who’s failing repeatedly?” he added.The Nationwide Testing Company on Tuesday cancelled NEET-UG 2026, carried out on Could 3, after investigators discovered proof that a number of questions much like these within the examination paper had been circulated earlier than the check.The federal government later handed over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigationwhile the examination will now be reconducted on June 21.The cancellation has affected almost 23 lakh aspirants and marks the primary time the whole NEET-UG examination has been scrapped because the NTA took over conducting the check in 2019. In 2024, the examination was partially reconducted for 1,563 college students following discrepancies in marks.In the meantime, the CBI on Saturday arrested one other alleged mastermind within the case. The accused, recognized as Manisha Gurunath Mandhare, is a senior Botany instructor from Pune, Maharashtra.In keeping with the company, Mandhare was arrested in Delhi after questioning. Investigators alleged that she was the supply of leaked Biology questions within the medical entrance examination.The CBI mentioned Mandhare was related to the NEET-UG 2026 examination course of and had been appointed by the NTA as an professional, giving her entry to Botany and Zoology query papers.Rahul Gandhi had additionally questioned the Centre on Friday over the rising variety of suicides linked to the NEET paper leak controversy. Referring to the dying of a 21-year-old pupil in Uttar Pradesh who allegedly died by suicide after the examination cancellation, he mentioned, “These children didn’t lose to the exams; they had been killed by a corrupt system. This isn’t suicide — it’s homicide by the system.”