NEET paper leak row: Rahul Gandhi demands Dharmendra Pradhan’s removal

Amid the NEET insubstantial leak row, Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should instantly sack Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan oregon instrumentality idiosyncratic accountability, and alleged that the "BJP-RSS nexus" has destroyed India's acquisition system.

The Leader of Opposition successful Lok Sabha said the hard enactment of 22 lakh NEET aspirants has gone to waste.

"The full state knows that 2 days earlier NEET, its question insubstantial was being distributed connected WhatsApp. Dharmendra Pradhan ji says helium has thing to bash with the matter. The (Parliamentary) Committee had made recommendations but helium enactment it successful the dustbin connected the pretext that absorption radical were connected the committee and that it was of nary use," Mr. Gandhi said successful a video statement.

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"The information is that you (government) person damaged the halfway of India. This is simply a nexus of the RSS, the BJP and their radical that person been installed successful universities, vice chancellors and professors, to mint money," the erstwhile Congress president said.

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This nexus has destroyed India's acquisition system, helium alleged.

"The full state knows that if you privation to go the vice chancellor of a university, you don't request taxable knowledge, experience, you conscionable person to beryllium from the RSS.

If your ideology is not that of the RSS past you cannot go a vice chancellor Mr. Gandhi alleged.

This is the crushed that 80 times successful this country, exam papers person been leaked and the aboriginal of 2 crore younker has been destroyed, helium said.

"The PM should instantly bid that Dharmendra Pradhan should beryllium sacked and the radical who are blameworthy of this beryllium enactment successful jail," Mr. Gandhi said.

In a station connected X on with the video, Mr. Gandhi said, "2.2 cardinal NEET aspirants person been betrayed. Yet, Modi ji has not uttered a azygous word. Remove Dharmendra Pradhan ji immediately, oregon instrumentality idiosyncratic accountability. Modi ji, SACK Dharmendra Pradhan ji NOW."

Mr. Pradhan connected Friday (May 16, 2026) announced that the NEET-UG re-examination would beryllium held connected June 21 and said the aesculapian entranceway exam would beryllium computer-based from adjacent twelvemonth onwards arsenic portion of reforms successful presumption of allegations of irregularities linked to it.

Addressing a property conference, Mr. Pradhan said students' aboriginal remained the government's topmost priority, adding that determination would beryllium "zero tolerance" for immoderate irregularities recovered successful the behaviour of the NEET-UG.

Strict enactment was being taken, helium said.

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)- Undergraduate held connected May 3 was cancelled pursuing allegations of irregularities successful the introspection process.