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The All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) staged a protestation successful beforehand of the Tahsildar’s bureau successful Hosapete connected Thursday demanding the abolition of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan implicit the NEET question insubstantial leak controversy.
The protesters submitted a memorandum addressed to the Governor done the Tahsildar. The memorandum was received by Shirastedar Naveen.
Addressing the gathering astatine the agitation site, AIDSO Vijayanagara territory president Ravikiran J.P. said that astir 23 lakh students aspiring for aesculapian acquisition person been adversely affected by irregularities successful the behaviour of the NEET examination.
He said that allegations regarding the circulation of the question insubstantial connected societal media platforms had surfaced adjacent earlier the introspection was held raising superior interest astir the credibility of the investigating process.
Questioning the information mechanisms said to beryllium successful spot for conducting national-level examinations, helium demanded a thorough probe of the alleged leak and stringent enactment against each those recovered responsible.
He further urged students crossed the state to unite against what helium described arsenic the commercialisation and corporatisation of education. He said that the NTA has repeatedly failed to behaviour examinations successful a transparent and reliable mode and called for its contiguous abolition.
Presiding implicit the protest, AIDSO territory caput U. Umadevi said that galore students and their families walk betwixt ₹80,000 and ₹3 lakh annually connected coaching for competitory examinations specified arsenic NEET.
She expressed interest implicit the uncertainty faced by students who person spent respective years preparing for the introspection and criticised policies that, according to her, undermine nationalist education.
The organisation demanded the contiguous abolition of the NTA, exemplary punishment for those progressive successful the introspection irregularities and the resignation of the Union Education Minister connected motivation grounds.
AIDSO leaders Prakash Nayak, Srinivas, Ramya, Sneha and respective students participated successful the protest.
