In New Delhi [India], Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Modi-led central government over the NEET issue and the cancellation of the UGC-NET exam and alleged that the reason behind the "paper leaks" is that all the vice-chancellors and the educational system have been captured. by the "parent organization" (RSS) of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

"I have talked about institutional capture in various organisations. This is happening in educational institutions. The reason behind the document leaks is that all the vice-chancellors, the education system has been captured by the BJP and its parent organization (RSS)," Rahul Gandhi said in a press conference on Thursday.

Rahul Gandhi said document leaks could continue until this "institutional capture" of educational institutions by the BJP is reversed. "Until this is reversed, document leaks will continue. Modi has facilitated this capture. This is an anti-national activity because it is the future of the country and the youth of the country are facing the brunt of it.” said the Congress representative.

"It is a national crisis, it is an economic crisis, it is an educational crisis, an institutional crisis. But I don't see any response... As for Bihar, we have said that there should be an investigation and action should be taken against those who leaked the newspaper," he added.

When asked if he thinks the Center is not worried about the document leaks, Rahul Gandhi said: "The silence (from the government) is because the Prime Minister is crippled. Right now, the Prime Minister's main agenda is (the election of the) President. He is worried about his government and president... The prime minister has collapsed psychologically and will have a hard time running a government like this. Mr. Modi's idea of ​​running the government is to create fear in the people, but. now people are not afraid of him. "He has been destroyed in this election. If Vajpayee ji or Manmohan Singh ji had existed, they could have survived because they had humility, respect and conciliation. But Narendra Modi does not believe in all this." Amid the huge row over the cancellation of the UGC-NET exam, the Education Ministry has said that the test was scrapped because its integrity may have been compromised and has emphasized that it does not will hesitate to take action against anyone.

Rahul Gandhi criticized the Prime Minister for using the end of the Ukraine war for the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls and said that although BJP supporters allegedly said that Prime Minister Modi had stopped the war between Russia and Ukraine and the war between Israel and Gaza, war, has failed to stop the paper leaks or does not want to stop them.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi was said to have stopped the war between Russia and Ukraine, the war between Israel and Gaza. But for some reasons, Narendra Modi has been unable or unwilling to stop paper leaks in India," Rahul said. Gandhi.Rahul Gandhi highlighted the difficulties faced by students and said, "Students have to face the brunt. Students study hard for months, years for these exams. This is their future. And they (BJP) are playing with their future".

At the Centre, Rahul Gandhi said, "In Madhya Pradesh, Vyapam (scam) took place and now Narendra Modi is trying to spread this Vyapam across the country."

Rahul Gandhi said that during his conversations with youth during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the youth shared their grievances about the rampant paper leaks in the country. "During the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, we went from Manipur to Maharashtra and on the way, thousands of youths complained that there were continuous paper leaks in the country. You all know that NEET and UGC-NET papers have been leaked and one of them has been cancelled," he said.

The Congress called the Modi government a "paper leaking government" and asked if the education minister would take the responsibility now.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge also criticized the government for alleged irregularities in the NEET medical entrance test and asked when will Prime Minister Narendra Modi conduct "NEET pareeksha pe charcha".The NEET-UG 2024 exam was conducted on 5 May and the results were declared on June 4, ahead of the scheduled announcement date of June 14. Protests were held alleging irregularities and paper leaks, as the results showed that as many as 67 students had passed the exam with a perfect score of 720.

The NEET-UG exam, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), paves the way for admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.

The Ministry of Education on Wednesday canceled the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) exam conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on June 18. A new exam will be held, for which the Information will be shared separately. On June 19, 2024, the University Grants Commission (UGC) received certain inputs from the National Cyber ​​Crime Threat Analysis Unit of the Indian Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Center (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs on the exam. These prima facie data indicate that the integrity of the aforementioned examination may have been compromised.