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The Jammu and Kashmir Congress connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) staged protests against the Centre implicit the cancellation of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG exam, demanding strict enactment against those progressive successful the alleged insubstantial leak and a Supreme Court-monitored probe into it.
Carrying enactment flags, scores of Congress workers and leaders led by moving president of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Raman Bhalla held a objection extracurricular the enactment office successful Jammu.
The protesters raised slogans against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities and burnt an effigy of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, seeking a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the alleged irregularities linked to the NEET examination.
“We request a Supreme Court-monitored probe to exposure the alleged high-level nexus and reconstruct the spot of students successful the introspection system. We privation a foolproof strategy successful aboriginal to guarantee transparency and fairness successful competitory examinations,” Mr. Bhalla told reporters.
The protests were held aft the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the cancellation of NEET (UG) 2026 conducted connected May 3, stating that the introspection would beryllium reconducted connected dates to beryllium notified separately.
The bureau besides said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would behaviour a broad enquiry into the allegations linked to the examination.
Lashing retired astatine the BJP-led Centre implicit the alleged NEET insubstantial leak contention and a bid of recruitment scams successful Jammu and Kashmir, Mr. Bhalla accused the authorities of “playing with the aboriginal of the youth”.
He alleged that incidents of insubstantial leaks had go wide since the BJP came to powerfulness astatine the Centre and referred to alleged irregularities linked to NEET examinations successful Bihar and Rajasthan.
Mr. Bhalla said repeated controversies surrounding the NEET introspection signifier had brought embarrassment to the country’s acquisition strategy and demanded accountability from those responsible.
“Strict enactment should beryllium taken against each those progressive successful insubstantial leak cases and those liable indispensable resign,” helium said.
Questioning the postponement of examinations aft months of mentation by students, the Congress person said specified decisions adversely affected the morale and absorption of aspirants.
“Students hole with dedication and hard work. Postponement of examinations aft insubstantial leaks severely affects their absorption and intelligence preparedness. The aboriginal of the younker is being played with,” Mr. Bhalla said.
Targeting the BJP, helium said the ruling enactment had promised transparency and improvement but failed to curb introspection scams and insubstantial leaks. He said the Congress stood firmly with students and youths facing uncertainty owed to specified incidents.
Mr. Bhalla besides referred to recruitment scams reported successful Jammu and Kashmir aft 2014, including alleged irregularities successful occurrence services, accounts assistant, inferior technologist and sub-inspector recruitments.
He alleged that influential links had surfaced successful respective recruitment scam cases and urged the Centre to instrumentality strict enactment against corruption alternatively of “remaining silent”.
