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Slamming the National Testing Agency implicit the cancellation of the NEET-UG introspection pursuing an alleged question insubstantial leak, members of Bharat Rashtra Samithi Vidhyarthi and Youth Congress staged protests successful Hyderabad.
At Lok Bhavan, activists of the BRSV led by State president Gellu Srinivas Yadav staged a dharna, alleging that the leak reflected the “failure of the Central authorities and the NTA”. Both organisations demanded contiguous rescheduling of the exam and strict measures to forestall recurrence of specified incidents.
Addressing the gathering, Srinivas Yadav said the leak had jeopardised the aboriginal of astir 22 lakh students crossed the country. He alleged that repeated lapses, including akin incidents successful 2021 and 2024, showed that lessons had not been learnt.
He questioned the Centre’s determination not to instrumentality the recommendations of the K. Radhakrishnan Committee, which was constituted aft the 2024 leak and had reportedly suggested conducting NEET online. He besides demanded the resignation of NTA Director General Abhishek Singh and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and called for stringent enactment against those responsible.
Meanwhile, the Telangana Youth Congress organised a abstracted protestation astatine the Ambedkar statue successful Himayat Nagar, wherever effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister Pradhan were burnt.
Addressing the protest, State Youth Congress president Jakkidi Shiva Charan Reddy alleged that repeated insubstantial leaks exposed the Centre’s ‘failure to safeguard students’ future’. He claimed that respective introspection leaks and re-examinations had occurred successful caller years, and said the cancellation had caused distress to students who had prepared for years.
