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United Doctors Front (UDF), which has been demanding the dissolution of the National Testing Agency (NTA), was not allowed to depose earlier the Parliamentary Standing Committee connected Education headed by Congress person Digvijaya Singh, aft protests from BJP MPs connected Monday (June 1, 2026).
The Standing Committee connected Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, chaired by elder Congress person Mr. Singh, had convened a gathering connected issues concerning the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test- Undergraduate (NEET-UG) introspection and the functioning of the NTA. It besides weighed successful connected the merits of “pen-and-paper testing” versus “computer-based tests”. The bureau has travel nether scrutiny pursuing allegations of insubstantial leaks and irregularities successful the NEET-UG examination.
According to the authoritative notice, representatives of the UDF were listed among the witnesses for the meeting. However, erstwhile they were to beryllium called, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Bhim Singh objected. According to sources, helium argued that the UDF’s presumption connected the contented was good known and that they were not neutral witnesses. The UDF has filed a writ petition successful the Supreme Court seeking to regenerate the NTA with an autarkic investigating authorization with nonstop parliamentary oversight, beardown anti-leak mechanisms, and broad audits.
Other BJP members besides supported Mr. Singh’s position, contending that the contented indispensable not beryllium politicised. Some of them besides questioned the timing of holding these deliberations. Following this, the waiting UDF representatives were informed by Mr. Singh that they could not beryllium portion of the discussion.
Lakshya Mittal, chairperson of the UDF, told reporters that the assemblage had submitted the names of its representatives and besides a memorandum of demands a week successful advance. “NTA should beryllium dissolved and a caller introspection assemblage should beryllium created done an Act of Parliament. Such a assemblage should beryllium made accountable to Parliament. Currently, NTA is neither accountable nor does it person capable auditing mechanisms,” Dr. Mittal said.
Mr. Singh declined to stock details of the meeting, citing rules that prohibit disclosure of discussions until the study is presented successful Parliament. On the contented of the insubstantial leak, however, helium reiterated the Congress’s request for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. “The PM is truthful miffed with the failures of Dharmendra Pradhan that helium has taken up each the responsibilities himself,” Mr. Singh said.
Congress wide caput Jairam Ramesh besides commented connected the issue. In a station connected X astir the meeting, Mr. Ramesh wrote that the Solicitor General had informed the Supreme Court that the Prime Minister was personally monitoring the NEET re-examination. While, for the involvement of the students, 1 indispensable anticipation the exam volition beryllium conducted successfully, Mr. Ramesh said it was hard for immoderate tenable idiosyncratic to person religion successful the “Pradhan Mantri and his ‘system’.” “This ‘system’ botched up the probe into the 2024 NEET-UG insubstantial leak. This ‘system’ continues to contradict that the NEET-UG 2026 insubstantial was leaked, erstwhile the information is evident to all. This ‘system’ has not lone wrecked the medication of exams successful higher education, but has done truthful successful the CBSE arsenic well,” helium said.
