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Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) lashed retired astatine the Modi authorities aft a NEET-UG aspirant from Nagpur was allotted a centre successful Abu Dhabi for the re-exam, saying it should "stop gambling" with children's future.
The household of the Nagpur NEET aspirant claimed that helium was allocated a schoolhouse successful Abu Dhabi arsenic his exam centre for the re-test connected Sunday (June 21, 2026)
The National Testing Agency (NTA) said the grievance is being addressed and the campaigner volition beryllium allocated a centre successful Nagpur, aft owed verification, successful the adjacent fewer hours.
In a station successful Hindi connected X, Mr. Gandhi said, "A pupil from Nagpur had been preparing for the NEET re-exam for a month. He downloaded his admit paper conscionable a time earlier the exam. His assigned centre was successful Abu Dhabi. He has nary passport, his household lacks the funds to nonstop him abroad, and determination is nary clip left. He wept each nighttime and is refusing to instrumentality the exam — tin 1 adjacent ideate the level of accent involved?"
"How did this adjacent happen? No pupil should person to look the contented of being incapable to scope their exam centre. In reality, the NTA is simply investigating the patience of the country's students and their parents," the person of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha said.
A strategy that cannot supply a pupil with a centre successful their ain metropolis — and alternatively assigns 1 overseas — has nary close to behaviour examinations, Mr. Gandhi asserted.
"This is precisely what I said successful Kota: this is nary longer an acquisition system. It is the exploitation of an full generation's money, time, and intelligence peace," helium said.
He said, "Stop gambling with our children's future. They merit a sensitive, responsible, and accountable acquisition and introspection strategy — and we volition guarantee they get it."
Mr. Gandhi connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) launched a signature run to amplify issues related to the nation's acquisition system, specified arsenic insubstantial leaks and precocious fees, asserting that it is simply a level for students to marque demands straight to the government.
His entreaty for information successful the run came a time aft helium interacted with students astatine a normal successful Kota, Rajasthan.
During this interaction, helium described India's acquisition strategy arsenic a "rejection system" alternatively than a enactment system, claiming it places excessive fiscal load and causes important accent to students and middle-class families.
While addressing the gathering successful Kota, known for its coaching centres, Mr. Gandhi remarked that the existent acquisition operation is "extremely stressful and unfair".
The NTA cancelled the May 3 NEET-UG 2026 exam amid allegations of a insubstantial leak, with the authorities asking the CBI to transportation retired a broad enquiry into the matter.
