Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has expressed strong criticism against the current government's handling of recruitment and entrance exams, alleging that they have become a commercial enterprise.

"Government recruitments and entrance exams have become a double-engine business in the government. This happens continuously and there is no control over it," Singh said amid the alleged controversy over the NEET exam leak.

Furthermore, he specifically called for the resignation of NEET president Pradeep Joshi.

Earlier in the day, the Special CBI Court in Patna sent two accused in the NEET question paper leak case to be remanded by the CBI following a request from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). .

Accused Baldev Kumar Alias ​​Chintu and Mukesh Kumar have been taken into custody of CBI, which is investigating the NEET-UG question paper leak case. Currently, 18 accused have been taken into custody for questioning.

The hearing in the NEET paper leak case concluded today in the court of CBI Special Judicial Magistrate Harsh Vardhan Singh.

The CBI ruled before the CBI court on the remand application for the accused.

The court sent the accused, Chintu Kumar and Mukesh Kumar, to CBI remand.

Now the CBI will remand them and conduct further interrogation.

The government has postponed the NEET-PG 2024 exams following growing controversy over alleged "irregularities" in the NEET-UG exam held on May 5.

The Bihar government issued a notification on Monday on handing over the NEET-UG paper leak case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

This comes after the central government entrusted the CBI with the matter of alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG exam in 2024 for a thorough investigation.

Notably, the Bihar government handed over the investigation into alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG 2024 exam to the CBI for thorough investigation.

After taking over the investigation into the alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility and Entrance Tests (NEET)-UG in 2024, the CBI has formed special teams to probe the case, the central agency said in a statement on Sunday.

The NTA, which conducted the NEET-UG exams, is facing criticism for alleged irregularities in the exams. This resulted in several protests across the country, with protesters and political parties demanding the dissolution of the NTA.

An unprecedented 67 candidates achieved a perfect score of 720 out of 720, adding to concerns.