In Tripura, hundreds of Congress workers led by Congress Working Committee member Sudip Roy Barman and state president Asish Kumar Saha staged a protest outside the Congress Bhavan in the heart of the capital and burnt an effigy of the Education Minister of the Union, holding him accountable. for the "irregularities".

Addressing the gathering, Saha said thousands of students across the country are not only frustrated but see a bleak future.

"Pradhan has admitted that there may be irregularities in the conduct of NEETs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been campaigning for zero tolerance against corruption, is now silent," he said and demanded to conduct both exams again.

Roy Barman said that in the last few years, the country has witnessed questionnaire leaks 70 times, but none of the culprits or conspirators have been brought to justice.

In Nagaland, Congress leaders and workers gathered outside the Congress Bhavan in Kohima carrying posters and banners demanding that the Center take action against the National Testing Agency (NTA) and those responsible for alleged irregularities in the NEET and UGC-NET exams.

State Congress unit Public Grievance Department co-chairman Meshenlo Kath said Prime Minister Modi's government will not be able to mislead the people of the country for long.

In Arunachal Pradesh, Congress leaders and workers led by state Youth Congress president Tarh Johny staged a protest outside Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan in Itanagar demanding action against those responsible for irregularities. He alleged that ever since the BJP-led NDA government came to power at the Centre, the country has been rocked by serious crimes in the academic sector. He said competitive exams have been disrupted by technical glitches, misconduct and unfair means at certain test centres, as evidenced by arrests made in Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana, all BJP-ruled states.

In Manipur, state Congress president Keisham Meghachandra Singh led a similar protest against irregularities in the NEET and UGC-NET exams at the party headquarters in Imphal.