Four students not allowed to write NEET in the State, leads to political slugfest

Four students successful the State, who turned up astatine the exam centres, were not allowed to constitute the retest of UGNEET-2026 connected Sunday successful Karnataka, 3 for precocious accomplishment and 1 pupil for carrying the hallway summons of the May 3 examination. 

The exam besides led to governmental backmost and distant betwixt BJP and Congress. While BJP’s Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya blamed the Karnataka Congress rally wherever B. K. Hariprasad took complaint arsenic the caller State portion main astatine Palace Grounds connected Sunday, Home Minister Priyank Kharge deed backmost terming it “misinformation”. 

Three of those who missed the exam connected Sunday were assigned to the Government Ramnarayan Chellaram College of Commerce and Management (R.C. College) introspection centre successful Bengaluru. Two students were not allowed to participate the centre owed to precocious accomplishment and the different pupil had got the aged hallway ticket. 

Two students arrived astatine the centre a fewer minutes late. By the clip the students arrived, the gates of the introspection centre were closed. The students pleaded and cried, but were not allowed inside. One pupil tried to ascent the compound grill to participate the introspection centre. The constabulary brought the pupil down and sent her back.

Political slugfest

Mr. Surya took to societal media level X and alleged: “As monolithic postulation disruptions choked Bengaluru, galore students were delayed, immoderate reaching exam centres successful panic and having to plead with authorities to beryllium allowed inside. Thankfully, introspection authorities accommodated them and provided compensatory time”. He said, “The Congress enactment could person chosen immoderate different time for its rally astatine Palace Grounds. Instead, it chose the precise time thousands of students are appearing for NEET”. 

Home Minister Priyank Kharge deed backmost terming this arsenic “misinformation”. “One student, travelling from Magadi, could not get a autobus connected clip and reached the centre late, resulting successful her missing the exam. Only 1 campaigner travelling from the R.T. Nagar broadside missed the exam, and the nonstop crushed is inactive being ascertained. The Bengaluru Traffic Police had issued nationalist notifications and postulation advisories good successful advance,” helium said. 

“The BJP MP, who is overflowing with interest for students missing exams for antithetic reasons, was conveniently soundless erstwhile his ain incompetent authorities allowed much than 22 lakh students to endure owed to NEET mismanagement, insubstantial leaks and chaos, with implicit 10 students reportedly dying by suicide,” helium deed back. 

Another pupil who arrived 20 minutes precocious astatine the Government First Grade College introspection centre successful Gangavathi taluk of Koppal District was besides not allowed to participate the centre.