Chandigarh Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday criticized the Congress, saying it wants to run away from a discussion in Parliament over the NEET exam issue.
His comment came a day after Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a "respectful" and good debate in Parliament on the issue of alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET exam.
Replying to a question about the opposition directed at the BJP-led Center over the NEET exam issue, Pradhan said, "The Congress does not want a discussion. It wants to run away from the discussion. Its only intention is to create chaos, confusion and create obstacles to the proper functioning of the entire institutional mechanism".
He said the President had also spoken about the NEET exam issue, raised by the Congress, in her speech in Parliament.
He further said that the opposition had the opportunity to raise this issue during the motion of thanks to the president's speech and stated that the government was open to any kind of discussion.
"But the Congress wants to play politics on the issue. This is not the time to play politics," Pradhan told reporters after wrapping up the first session of the Haryana BJP's expanded state executive meeting in Panchkula.
Without naming anyone, he further said that such irregularities took place before 2014, which apparently points towards the previous UPA regime at the Centre.
"I couldn't justify it," she said.
On the measures being taken for error-free exams, the minister said that a high-level expert committee has been formed under the chairmanship of former ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan for reform of the National Testing Agency (NTA ).
"A strong law has been created against public scrutiny and disturbance," he added.
Pradhan further said that the matter related to alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG medical entrance examination has been handed over to the CBI.
"We met with students and parents," he said.
To another question, he said that the date of the national postgraduate eligibility and entrance test will be announced by the NBE (National Board of Examinations) in one or two days.
The opposition caused repeated disturbances in Parliament on Friday over the NEET paper leak issue.
NEET-UG was conducted by NTA on May 5 and around 24 lakh candidates appeared. The results were announced on June 4, but were followed by allegations of question paper leaks in states such as Bihar, besides other irregularities.
The Education Ministry also canceled the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) and NEET (postgraduate) exams after receiving information that the "integrity of the exams may have been compromised".
His comment came a day after Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a "respectful" and good debate in Parliament on the issue of alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET exam.
Replying to a question about the opposition directed at the BJP-led Center over the NEET exam issue, Pradhan said, "The Congress does not want a discussion. It wants to run away from the discussion. Its only intention is to create chaos, confusion and create obstacles to the proper functioning of the entire institutional mechanism".
He said the President had also spoken about the NEET exam issue, raised by the Congress, in her speech in Parliament.
He further said that the opposition had the opportunity to raise this issue during the motion of thanks to the president's speech and stated that the government was open to any kind of discussion.
"But the Congress wants to play politics on the issue. This is not the time to play politics," Pradhan told reporters after wrapping up the first session of the Haryana BJP's expanded state executive meeting in Panchkula.
Without naming anyone, he further said that such irregularities took place before 2014, which apparently points towards the previous UPA regime at the Centre.
"I couldn't justify it," she said.
On the measures being taken for error-free exams, the minister said that a high-level expert committee has been formed under the chairmanship of former ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan for reform of the National Testing Agency (NTA ).
"A strong law has been created against public scrutiny and disturbance," he added.
Pradhan further said that the matter related to alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG medical entrance examination has been handed over to the CBI.
"We met with students and parents," he said.
To another question, he said that the date of the national postgraduate eligibility and entrance test will be announced by the NBE (National Board of Examinations) in one or two days.
The opposition caused repeated disturbances in Parliament on Friday over the NEET paper leak issue.
NEET-UG was conducted by NTA on May 5 and around 24 lakh candidates appeared. The results were announced on June 4, but were followed by allegations of question paper leaks in states such as Bihar, besides other irregularities.
The Education Ministry also canceled the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) and NEET (postgraduate) exams after receiving information that the "integrity of the exams may have been compromised".
