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.Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh also took a dig at the government on this issue.
"It seems that under this arrangement, NEET is more like CHEAT--Centrally Hyped Entrance Admission Test," he said on X.
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.Vyapam or Madhya Pradesh Professional The scam in the examination board came to light in 2013, in which candidates bribed officials and rigged the examinations by deploying impostors to write their answer sheets.
Kheda said Pradhan's brazen statement that he was "inspired" by the widespread protests, multiple court cases and the tremendous anger of students is like rubbing salt into the wounds of 24 lakh candidates whose future the BJP is destroying.Questioning PM Modi and Pradhan, he asked if it is not true that the Economic Offenses Unit (EOU) of Patna Police (Bihar) which is probing the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak has found that medical aspirants had paid Rs. Has paid huge amounts ranging from Rs. 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 the NEET exam was conducted in Godhra, Gujarat? -UG fraud racket involving three people, including a man running a coaching centre, a teacher and another, has been busted, with the investigation into the case revealing transactions worth over Rs 12 crore. Between the students, their parents and the accused?" he said.
Kheda said, is it not true that this year, in 2024, there were 67 toppers who were given a perfect score of 720, whereas in 2023 this number was just two.Is it not true that this year has seen an unusual increase in the number of students scoring more than 690 marks, he asked. Is it not true that many NEET-UG 2024 toppers are from the same state and have the same roll number? 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 silent spectator forever. When the future of 24 lakh youth is at stake, 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 result of students who scored 580 plus last year and this year should be made public by NTA. The centers of students who scored 580 plus should also be made public so that This is to see how many students traveled far away from their place to take the NEET exam,” he said.
Kheda said the board scores should also be correlated with last year and this year's NEET scores to see how well the data matches. He said, "Videos should be released of the centers where the major high scorers 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.
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.Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh also took a dig at the government on this issue.
"It seems that under this arrangement, NEET is more like CHEAT--Centrally Hyped Entrance Admission Test," he said on X.
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.Vyapam or Madhya Pradesh Professional The scam in the examination board came to light in 2013, in which candidates bribed officials and rigged the examinations by deploying impostors to write their answer sheets.
Kheda said Pradhan's brazen statement that he was "inspired" by the widespread protests, multiple court cases and the tremendous anger of students is like rubbing salt into the wounds of 24 lakh candidates whose future the BJP is destroying.Questioning PM Modi and Pradhan, he asked if it is not true that the Economic Offenses Unit (EOU) of Patna Police (Bihar) which is probing the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak has found that medical aspirants had paid Rs. Has paid huge amounts ranging from Rs. 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 the NEET exam was conducted in Godhra, Gujarat? -UG fraud racket involving three people, including a man running a coaching centre, a teacher and another, has been busted, with the investigation into the case revealing transactions worth over Rs 12 crore. Between the students, their parents and the accused?" he said.
Kheda said, is it not true that this year, in 2024, there were 67 toppers who were given a perfect score of 720, whereas in 2023 this number was just two.Is it not true that this year has seen an unusual increase in the number of students scoring more than 690 marks, he asked. Is it not true that many NEET-UG 2024 toppers are from the same state and have the same roll number? 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 silent spectator forever. When the future of 24 lakh youth is at stake, 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 result of students who scored 580 plus last year and this year should be made public by NTA. The centers of students who scored 580 plus should also be made public so that This is to see how many students traveled far away from their place to take the NEET exam,” he said.
Kheda said the board scores should also be correlated with last year and this year's NEET scores to see how well the data matches. He said, "Videos should be released of the centers where the major high scorers 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.
