‘Education minister blamed everyone but himself’: Rahul Gandhi questions Centre on paper leaks
The minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, however, denied any case of question paper leak in the last seven years.
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Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi questioned the Centre on Monday in Parliament about the alleged irregularities in competitive examinations like the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test 2024.
The entrance test is conducted by the National Testing Agency for admissions to undergraduate medical courses.
The examination was held on May 5 and the results were declared on June 4, following which allegations of question paper leaks and other irregularities came to light. The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking a fresh exam citing alleged paper leaks, optical mark recognition sheet manipulations, impersonation and cheating.
On Monday, Gandhi alleged that the credibility of all major examinations has been compromised under the National Democratic Alliance government.
“It is obvious to the whole country that there is a very serious problem in our examination system, not just in NEET but in all the major examinations," Gandhi said in the Lok Sabha. “The [Education] minister [Dharmendra Pradhan] has blamed everybody except himself. I don’t even think he understands the fundamentals of what is going on here.”
Gandhi alleged that a lot of Indians believe that the rich can buy the country’s examination system.
“The issue is that there are millions of students in the country who are extremely concerned about what is going on and who...
