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The Congress party has demanded a fair investigation under the supervision of the Supreme Court into the NEET examination issue. In a social media post, Mr. Kharge alleged rigging, paper leaks and corruption in the NEET examination. He said, after investigation, the culprits should be given the harshest punishment and lakhs of students should be given compensation to save their year from being wasted. He said, the future of 24 lakh students who appeared in the NEET examination is at stake due to the actions of the government. He said, the government cannot escape its responsibility by placing the responsibility of its actions on the shoulders of the National Testing Agency.
Refuting the allegations of Mr. Kharge, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that no concrete evidence of any kind of rigging, corruption or paper leak has been found so far in the NEET exam. He said that the Central Government has passed the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act this year, which has many strict provisions to prevent paper leaks and to conduct a cheating-free exam. He criticized Congress saying that playing politics on the future of students is an old habit of Congress. He said, the opposition is issueless, on such a sensitive issue the opposition is just spreading lies without knowing the facts.
NEET-UG Exam Row: Grace Marks Given To 1,563 Candidates Withdrawn; Retest On June 23
A re-test of all the 1,563 candidates who appeared in the NEET-UG examination will be held on the 23rd of the month who got the grace or compensatory marks in the examination. In a notification issued today, the National Testing Agency said that it will issue a public notice shortly and will also contact these candidates through email to ensure that they receive the official communication. The NTA said, the decision to hold a re-test has been taken according to the Supreme Court’s observation on the report of NTA’s High Powered Committee, the grace or compensatory marks awarded to all 1,563 students stand withdrawn.
Meanwhile, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has refuted the alleged leakage of NEET-UG examination papers. He stressed that there is no corruption in the NEET examination. Briefing media in New Delhi today, Mr. Pradhan welcomed the decision of Supreme Court on the NEET issue. On the alleged discrepancies in the NEET Examination, Mr. Pradhan said, action will be taken on the people responsible for creating problems in the examination. He assured the students and parents that the centre is committed to providing them justice.
