BJP government has ‘failed’ first test of accountability by not seeking Pradhan's resignation, says Kharge

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Congress president   Mallikarjun Kharge. File

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) accused the BJP authorities of having wholly failed the trial of accountability by not asking Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign pursuing respective exam irregularities.

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He besides criticised the authorities for putting curbs connected the Telegram messaging app up of the NEET-UG 2026 re-exam connected June 21, "The Modi authorities has temporarily blocked Telegram for the NEET exam re-test. Modi ji should archetypal request the resignation of his Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who has blocked the futures of millions of youth," Mr. Kharge said successful a station connected X.

"Whether it's deploying the Indian Air Force, blocking Telegram, oregon catching tiny food to support the insubstantial leak mafia — this is each thing the Modi authorities has to bash due to the fact that successful the past 10 years, 90 insubstantial leaks person occurred, and 9 crore younker are suffering owed to this fraud and corruption. How agelong volition this authorities support covering up its failures?" the Congress main asked.

The Leader of Opposition successful Rajya Sabha claimed that astir fractional a twelve young radical person been forced to instrumentality their ain lives owed to the exam irregularities.

"Modi ji doesn't utter a azygous word. There are countless candidates whose parents took loans to hole them for recruitment exams implicit years. And then, 1 aft another, NEET, SSC, UGC-NET, CUET, and different exam papers get leaked," helium said.

The situation, Mr. Kharge said, has reached specified a constituent that truthful overmuch fraud was carried retired successful the CBSE results that talented students had to exposure this government.

"And now, the UPSC exam — which was considered the eventual awesome of credibility — has besides travel nether allegations," helium claimed.

"The country's alert younker is demanding conscionable 1 thing: the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, which has go the archetypal trial of accountability. The unfortunate happening is that the BJP has wholly failed this exam," the Congress main alleged.

The Congress has been demanding the resignation of Mr. Pradhan implicit the NEET insubstantial irregularities, exam insubstantial leaks and the CBSE on-screen marking row.

Congress person Rahul Gandhi volition besides beryllium addressing a fewer pupil conventions crossed the state starting June 17, 2026 successful Kota portion seeking to unite the pupil assemblage against the Modi authorities implicit the insubstantial leaks.

Published - June 16, 2026 05:41 p.m. IST

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