Congress seeks judicial probe into NEET exam fiasco

When the NEET scam came to light, the Congress said the Centre appointed former director of UPSC Prof Pradeepkumar Joshi to investigate the allegations of irregularities in the conduct of the examination, Tiwari said.

”Who is Pradeepkumar Joshi? He is the same person who heads the National Testing Agency which conducted the NEET exam. Just imagine, there are allegations against NTA and its own head conducts the probe. How can he be allowed to a conduct a probe against an organisation which he heads?,” Tiwari said.

The Congress said the Central government submitted to the Supreme Court that scorecards of 1,563 students who were granted compensatory marks in the NEET-UG 2024 exam have been scrapped.

“These candidates have now been allowed to sit for a re-test on June 23…This is shocking as in Haryana it has come to light that seven students have got the highest common marks. Besides, videos have gone viral of private coaching classes enticing students to pay lakhs and get question papers. This is highly condemnable. The Supreme Court should take suo motu action in the matter and initiate a judicial probe and should itself monitor the probe,” Tiwari said.

Tiwari said it was Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who raised the issue of irregularities in the NEET exam. “Had it not been for the Congress, this issue would have been covered up by the Centre,” he said.