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Senior Congress person Digvijaya Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi implicit the NEET-UG insubstantial leak issue, urging the authorities to contented a achromatic insubstantial documenting the instances of paper leaks oregon irregularities successful the examinations conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) successful the past 8 years and the enactment taken connected them.
Mr. Singh, who is besides the president of the Parliamentary Standing Committee connected Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, said that astatine a clip erstwhile lakhs of students are nether dense pressure, it is captious to reenforce their religion successful the system.
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"I americium penning to you to rise a precise important interest which respective students person relayed to maine successful the past fewer weeks. At a clip erstwhile the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination has wreaked havoc connected the mental wellness of lakhs of students, 1 captious stressor for them has been the deficiency of clarity connected however erstwhile insubstantial leaks, etc. person been investigated," Mr. Singh said successful his missive to Mr. Modi.
“There is presently nary consolidated nationalist grounds of cases relating to insubstantial leaks and however they are being prosecuted by the CBI and different investigative agencies of the Centre and State governments,” the Rajya Sabha MP said. “Amidst the lack of authoritative information, determination are plentifulness of reports and rumours that person taken their place,” Mr. Singh pointed out.
"For instance, 1 repeated ailment I person received is that the main accused successful the NEET-UG 2024 insubstantial leak successful Hazaribagh,Sanjeev Kumar alias Mukhiya, is reportedly retired connected bail. Similarly, the CBI has reportedly filed a closure study stating that nary irregularities occurred successful the UGC-NET exam of 2024 which had been cancelled by the NTA backmost then," helium said. “When asked by a Delhi tribunal to supply a written mentation for its closure report, the CBI has asked for much time,” Mr. Singh pointed out.
“The CBI's hold successful providing its mentation has likewise sent retired a antagonistic connection among India's students,” Mr. Singh said. "To animate renewed assurance successful the administration's quality and willingness to present justness to India's students, I truthful suggest that the Government of India contented a achromatic insubstantial documenting the database of instances of insubstantial leaks and/or irregularities which person occurred successful NTA-conducted examinations successful the past 8 years," Mr. Singh said.
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He said the achromatic insubstantial should besides database the enactment taken by the NTA and the investigative agencies, including who was arrested by them, for each of these examinations. Mr. Singh said the achromatic insubstantial should notation the presumption of each investigation, whether it is ongoing oregon has been completed, and if a complaint expanse oregon closure study has been filed by the investigative agency. It should besides springiness reasons wherefore a closure study whitethorn person been filed and besides the presumption study of each of the accused and their contiguous presumption (trial ongoing, connected bail, convicted, etc.,) beryllium given, Mr. Singh said.
"At a clip erstwhile lakhs of students are nether dense pressure, it is captious that we reenforce their religion successful the system. Such transparency volition enactment arsenic a confidence-building measurement among our youth," the Congress person said successful his missive to Mr. Modi dated June 4. "I spot that you volition springiness the issues raised herein the urgent attraction they deserve," Mr. Singh said.
The NEET (UG) 2026 exam, held connected May 3 by the NTA, was cancelled connected May 12 amid allegations of insubstantial leak which is present being probed by the CBI. A re-examination has been scheduled for June 21.
