New Delhi: Stepping up its attack on the government on the NEET exam issue, the Congress on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on the issue and said only a Supreme Court-monitored forensic investigation can protect the future of millions of youth. Can. Student.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that the Modi government has started "covering up the NEET scam" through Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the National Testing Agency (NTA).
"If there was no NEET paper leak - why were 13 accused arrested in Bihar in the paper leak case? Did the Economic Offenses Unit (EOU) of Patna Police investigate the payment of Rs 30 lakh to Rs 50 lakh for education? Wasn't it disclosed? Mafia and organized gangs involved in this racket in exchange for papers? He said in a post in Hindi on According to this, transactions worth more than Rs 12 crore have come to light." Prakash among the accused?" Kharge said.
He asked that if according to Modi government no paper was leaked in NEET then why were these arrests made.Kharge said, "What conclusion comes from this? Was the Modi government trying to fool the people of the country earlier or now? The Modi government has crushed the aspirations of 24 lakh youth." He said, 24 lakh young doctors To become one, one takes NEET exam and works hard day and night for one lakh medical seats.
“Out of these 1 lakh seats, about 55,000 seats are in government colleges where seats are reserved for SC, ST, OBC, EWS categories. This time Modi government has misused NTA and massively rigged the marks and ranks , due to which the cutoff for reserved seats has also increased,” the Congress chief alleged.
Kharge said, it appears that a game of grace marks, paper leaks and rigging was played to deny meritorious students from getting government admission at concessional rates.Addressing a press conference on the issue at the AICC headquarters here, Congress media and publicity department chief Pawan Khera claimed that "NEET scam is Vyapam 2.0" and the Modi government wants to whitewash it.
The scam in Vyapam or Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board came to light in 2013, in which candidates bribed officials and rigged the examinations by deploying fraudsters to write their answer sheets.
Kheda said, Pradhan's shameless statement that he was "inspired" by the widespread protests, several court cases and the tremendous anger of the students is like rubbing salt into the wounds of 24 lakh candidates, whose future the BJP is destroying. PM Modi and Questioning Pradhan, Kheda asked whether it is not true that the Economic Offenses Unit (EOU) of Patna Police (Bihar) which is investigating the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak has found that medical aspirants had deposited Rs. A huge amount has been paid for it. The 'middlemen' involved in the racket were paid Rs 30 lakh to Rs 50 lakh each to get access to the question papers before the examination to be held on May 5.Can the Education Minister deny that NEET-UG cheating racket has been busted in Godhra, Gujarat, in which three people, including a person running a coaching centre, a teacher and another, have been arrested, with 12 arrested in the investigation of the case? Transactions worth more than Rs crore have been revealed. Between the students, their parents and the accused?" he said.
Khera said, is it not true that this year, in 2024, there were 67 toppers who were given a perfect score of 720, while in 2023 this number was just two. He asked, is it not true that this year 690 An unusual increase has been observed in the number of students scoring higher marks.
"Is it not true that many NEET-UG 2024 toppers are from the same state and have the same roll numbers? Were they from the same exam centre?" He said.Kheda further asked, is it not true that the results of NEET exam were declared 10 days ago. "PM Modi cannot remain a mute spectator forever. When the future of 24 lakh youth is at stake then why is he silent?" He said.
Khera asked why the Modi government and NTA "increased" the marks compared to ranks this year.
“If the Modi government claims that the entire examination process is transparent, then the complete results of students who scored 580 plus last year and this year should be made public by NTA.The centers of students scoring 580 plus should also be made public so that it can be seen how many students traveled far away from their place to take the NEET exam,” he said. Kheda said the board marks were revised last year and This should also be correlated with this year's NEET marks to see how well the data matches.
"Videos of centers where there are major high scorers should be released so that the scam can be identified whether the OMR was filled after the exam or in the NTA office or some impersonation took place so that the truth can come out," he said.
Kheda said only Supreme Court-monitored forensic investigation is the solution to safeguard the future of lakhs of young students. The Center and NTA had told the Supreme Court on Thursday that they have decided to stop the examination for admission to MBBS and other such courses. The grace marks given to 1,563 candidates have been cancelled.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.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that the Modi government has started "covering up the NEET scam" through Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the National Testing Agency (NTA).
"If there was no NEET paper leak - why were 13 accused arrested in Bihar in the paper leak case? Did the Economic Offenses Unit (EOU) of Patna Police investigate the payment of Rs 30 lakh to Rs 50 lakh for education? Wasn't it disclosed? Mafia and organized gangs involved in this racket in exchange for papers? He said in a post in Hindi on According to this, transactions worth more than Rs 12 crore have come to light." Prakash among the accused?" Kharge said.
He asked that if according to Modi government no paper was leaked in NEET then why were these arrests made.Kharge said, "What conclusion comes from this? Was the Modi government trying to fool the people of the country earlier or now? The Modi government has crushed the aspirations of 24 lakh youth." He said, 24 lakh young doctors To become one, one takes NEET exam and works hard day and night for one lakh medical seats.
“Out of these 1 lakh seats, about 55,000 seats are in government colleges where seats are reserved for SC, ST, OBC, EWS categories. This time Modi government has misused NTA and massively rigged the marks and ranks , due to which the cutoff for reserved seats has also increased,” the Congress chief alleged.
Kharge said, it appears that a game of grace marks, paper leaks and rigging was played to deny meritorious students from getting government admission at concessional rates.Addressing a press conference on the issue at the AICC headquarters here, Congress media and publicity department chief Pawan Khera claimed that "NEET scam is Vyapam 2.0" and the Modi government wants to whitewash it.
The scam in Vyapam or Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board came to light in 2013, in which candidates bribed officials and rigged the examinations by deploying fraudsters to write their answer sheets.
Kheda said, Pradhan's shameless statement that he was "inspired" by the widespread protests, several court cases and the tremendous anger of the students is like rubbing salt into the wounds of 24 lakh candidates, whose future the BJP is destroying. PM Modi and Questioning Pradhan, Kheda asked whether it is not true that the Economic Offenses Unit (EOU) of Patna Police (Bihar) which is investigating the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak has found that medical aspirants had deposited Rs. A huge amount has been paid for it. The 'middlemen' involved in the racket were paid Rs 30 lakh to Rs 50 lakh each to get access to the question papers before the examination to be held on May 5.Can the Education Minister deny that NEET-UG cheating racket has been busted in Godhra, Gujarat, in which three people, including a person running a coaching centre, a teacher and another, have been arrested, with 12 arrested in the investigation of the case? Transactions worth more than Rs crore have been revealed. Between the students, their parents and the accused?" he said.
Khera said, is it not true that this year, in 2024, there were 67 toppers who were given a perfect score of 720, while in 2023 this number was just two. He asked, is it not true that this year 690 An unusual increase has been observed in the number of students scoring higher marks.
"Is it not true that many NEET-UG 2024 toppers are from the same state and have the same roll numbers? Were they from the same exam centre?" He said.Kheda further asked, is it not true that the results of NEET exam were declared 10 days ago. "PM Modi cannot remain a mute spectator forever. When the future of 24 lakh youth is at stake then why is he silent?" He said.
Khera asked why the Modi government and NTA "increased" the marks compared to ranks this year.
“If the Modi government claims that the entire examination process is transparent, then the complete results of students who scored 580 plus last year and this year should be made public by NTA.The centers of students scoring 580 plus should also be made public so that it can be seen how many students traveled far away from their place to take the NEET exam,” he said. Kheda said the board marks were revised last year and This should also be correlated with this year's NEET marks to see how well the data matches.
"Videos of centers where there are major high scorers should be released so that the scam can be identified whether the OMR was filled after the exam or in the NTA office or some impersonation took place so that the truth can come out," he said.
Kheda said only Supreme Court-monitored forensic investigation is the solution to safeguard the future of lakhs of young students. The Center and NTA had told the Supreme Court on Thursday that they have decided to stop the examination for admission to MBBS and other such courses. The grace marks given to 1,563 candidates have been cancelled.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.
