Jaipur: Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday alleged that the Center is destroying the hopes of lakhs of children to hide its mistake in the matter of alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).

The senior Congress leader questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on this issue.

He said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government have been silent on every important issue for the last 10 years and are waiting for that issue to disappear from 'public memory'. They are now doing the same on the issue of NEET exam." Are." On X.

Gehlot said that the investigating agencies have accepted that the paper has been leaked.

He said, "If there have been irregularities in NTA then why is there a delay in canceling the first exam and conducting it again? This issue has also been suppressed in the media."

Gehlot further said, 'During our government, when irregularities came to light in the REET exam, in which 26 lakh candidates had appeared, we canceled the paper and conducted the paper again and gave jobs to 50,000 children.

"The specialty of democracy is to admit one's mistake and correct it. Does the Central Government want to usurp the rights of hardworking students in the matter of NEET exam and destroy the hopes of millions of children forever to hide its mistake? " He asked.