New Delhi: Congress will hold protests at all state headquarters on Friday demanding justice for students over alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET.
In a letter to all state unit chiefs, Congress legislature party leaders, state in-charges, general secretaries and other top functionaries, Congress general secretary in-charge organisation, KC Venugopal, said there is an urgent need to address the many grievances and concerns surrounding the pandemic. NEET-UG 2024 Conduct and Result.
He said, “As you know, the National Testing Agency (NTA) had released the results of NEET-UG 2024 on June 4, 2024. The results may be spoiled due to allegations of irregularities and paper leaks after inflated marks of some candidates. went.,
Venugopal said there were a lot of concerns over inflated marks and irregularities and awarding grace marks without disclosing the methodology raises suspicion.
"The examination has been marred by technical glitches, malpractices and unfair means in some examination centres. Organized corruption is evident from the arrests in Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana, revealing the pattern of malpractices in BJP-ruled states," he said.
Venugopal said that the Supreme Court has also highlighted the seriousness of these allegations and has demanded zero tolerance towards negligence.
He said, “Such irregularities undermine the credibility of the examination process and jeopardize the future of countless dedicated students.The Congress party in its manifesto had promised to secure the future of the youth by implementing strict laws against paper leaks."
Against this massive corruption and irregularities in the NEET examination and the strict inaction and silence of the NDA Government, all State Congress Committees are requested to hold a “Big Protest” at the State Headquarters on Friday, June 21, 2024, demanding justice for the students. "Protest on a large scale". Venugopal said in his letter written on June 18.
“Senior leaders and party officials should participate in this demonstration,” he said.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that even if there was "0.001 per cent negligence" on someone's part in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 exam, it must be dealt with completely.
Noting that students have to work hard while preparing for these examinations, the top court said that the litigation related to the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Graduate)-2024 examination should not be considered as adversarial.The Center and NTA had told the top court on June 13 that they have canceled the grace marks given to 1,563 candidates who took the exam for admission to MBBS and other such courses.
The Center had said that they will have the option to either re-appear in the exam or withdraw the compensation marks given to them for the loss of time.
The exam was conducted on May 5 across 4,750 centers and around 24 lakh candidates appeared for it. The results were expected to be declared on 14 June, but were declared on 4 June, as the evaluation of answer sheets was already completed.
There have been allegations of question paper leaks and other irregularities in this prestigious examination in states like Bihar.The allegations led to protests in several cities and petitions were filed in several high courts and the Supreme Court. Hundreds of students protested in Delhi on 10 June demanding an investigation into alleged irregularities.
Unprecedented in the history of NTA, 67 students scored full 720 marks, including the names of six from a center in Faridabad, Haryana, in the list, raising suspicions of irregularities. It has been alleged that Grace Marks contributed to 67 students sharing the top rank.
NEET-UG exam is conducted by NTA for admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.
In a letter to all state unit chiefs, Congress legislature party leaders, state in-charges, general secretaries and other top functionaries, Congress general secretary in-charge organisation, KC Venugopal, said there is an urgent need to address the many grievances and concerns surrounding the pandemic. NEET-UG 2024 Conduct and Result.
He said, “As you know, the National Testing Agency (NTA) had released the results of NEET-UG 2024 on June 4, 2024. The results may be spoiled due to allegations of irregularities and paper leaks after inflated marks of some candidates. went.,
Venugopal said there were a lot of concerns over inflated marks and irregularities and awarding grace marks without disclosing the methodology raises suspicion.
"The examination has been marred by technical glitches, malpractices and unfair means in some examination centres. Organized corruption is evident from the arrests in Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana, revealing the pattern of malpractices in BJP-ruled states," he said.
Venugopal said that the Supreme Court has also highlighted the seriousness of these allegations and has demanded zero tolerance towards negligence.
He said, “Such irregularities undermine the credibility of the examination process and jeopardize the future of countless dedicated students.The Congress party in its manifesto had promised to secure the future of the youth by implementing strict laws against paper leaks."
Against this massive corruption and irregularities in the NEET examination and the strict inaction and silence of the NDA Government, all State Congress Committees are requested to hold a “Big Protest” at the State Headquarters on Friday, June 21, 2024, demanding justice for the students. "Protest on a large scale". Venugopal said in his letter written on June 18.
“Senior leaders and party officials should participate in this demonstration,” he said.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that even if there was "0.001 per cent negligence" on someone's part in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 exam, it must be dealt with completely.
Noting that students have to work hard while preparing for these examinations, the top court said that the litigation related to the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Graduate)-2024 examination should not be considered as adversarial.The Center and NTA had told the top court on June 13 that they have canceled the grace marks given to 1,563 candidates who took the exam for admission to MBBS and other such courses.
The Center had said that they will have the option to either re-appear in the exam or withdraw the compensation marks given to them for the loss of time.
The exam was conducted on May 5 across 4,750 centers and around 24 lakh candidates appeared for it. The results were expected to be declared on 14 June, but were declared on 4 June, as the evaluation of answer sheets was already completed.
There have been allegations of question paper leaks and other irregularities in this prestigious examination in states like Bihar.The allegations led to protests in several cities and petitions were filed in several high courts and the Supreme Court. Hundreds of students protested in Delhi on 10 June demanding an investigation into alleged irregularities.
Unprecedented in the history of NTA, 67 students scored full 720 marks, including the names of six from a center in Faridabad, Haryana, in the list, raising suspicions of irregularities. It has been alleged that Grace Marks contributed to 67 students sharing the top rank.
NEET-UG exam is conducted by NTA for admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.