NEET-UG debacle: AIDSO in Hassan demands NTA’s dismissal, Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation

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Students, gathered nether  the banner of All India Democratic Students Organisation, staging a protestation  successful  beforehand   of the Hemavathi Statue successful  Hassan connected  Wednesday (June 17).

Students, gathered nether the banner of All India Democratic Students Organisation, staging a protestation successful beforehand of the Hemavathi Statue successful Hassan connected Wednesday (June 17). | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Many students staged a protestation nether the banner of the All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) successful Hassan connected Wednesday (June 17) to request the dismissal of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan implicit the caller NEET-UG question insubstantial leak.

The protesters, gathered successful beforehand of the Hemavathi Statue adjacent Maharaja Park successful the city, alleged that the government’s transgression negligence compelled lakhs of students to rewrite the examination. The NTA went up with the exam, though the allegations of the question insubstantial leak surfaced earlier the trial date.

Chaitra U.K., president of the AIDSO Hassan territory unit, said that insubstantial leaks had occurred successful 2022 and 2024 arsenic well. “There were arrests successful transportation with the leak successful 2024. However, the strategy failed to place the root of the occupation and code it this year," she said.

AIDSO territory caput Sushma D.S. drew attraction to the mushrooming of coaching institutions and exploitation of students. She said the NEET coaching industry’s yearly gross present exceeds ₹1 lakh crore, with families spending betwixt ₹80,000 and ₹3 lakh per year.

AIDSO office-bearers Abhishek, Shreshtha, Shivu, Abhishek and others were present.

Published - June 17, 2026 06:47 p.m. IST

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