In a post on X, Rahul said, “Narendra Modi, as usual, is maintaining silence on the tampering with the future of more than 24 lakh students in the NEET examination.”
“The arrests made in Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana clearly show that there has been organised corruption in the examination in a planned manner and these BJP ruled states have become the epicentre of paper leak,” he added.
The comments came after the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) to acknowledge and rectify the mistakes made in conducting NEET UG 2024.
“If there is 0.001% negligence on the part of anyone it should be thoroughly dealt with,” the apex court said.
Recalling Congress’s election manifesto, Gandhi said, “In our judiciary, we had guaranteed to secure the future of the youth by making strict laws against paper leaks.”
He reiterated his support for the students saying that the grand old party is committed to formulating “tough policies”.
“While fulfilling the responsibility of the opposition, we are committed to formulate such tough policies by strongly raising the voice of the youth from the streets to the Parliament and putting pressure on the government”, he said.
“Last week, the NTA revoked grace marks granted to 1,563 students who were not provided sufficient time to complete the test due to organizational issues. The NTA informed the court that these students would be required to take a re-test.”