“The Central and State Governments have taken serious note of the malpractice, action has been initiated by various agencies and the culprits have been arrested. The Center has already notified the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, which aims to prevent unfair means in public examinations and common entrance examinations conducted across the country,” the Deputy Chief Minister addressed the state Assembly after intervening Said while doing. When Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Vijay Wadettiwar, Congress MLA Nana Patole and other MLAs raised the NEET issue.

Wadettiwar said in his plea that after the NEET paper leak, the future of the students is hanging in the balance. He made a strong case for taking strict measures to avoid malpractices.

Patole demanded that the state should bring its own law proposing strict action against those involved in paper leaks and related malpractices.

In his reply, the Deputy Chief Minister assured the Assembly to consider Patole's suggestion.

He said that the state government is committed to ensure that no harm is done to the students who study day and night honestly and take the exams.

“NEET should be conducted in a transparent and corruption-free manner,” the Deputy Chief Minister said.

He said that the state government had requested the Center to hand over the responsibility of medical course entrance examination to the states. He said that the Center has assured to take the decision after proper deliberations.