Rajasthan School Education Minister Madan Dilawar has sought to play down the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 test, but said that those found guilty in the question paper leak case would not be spared.
Referring to the National Testing Agency cancelling the national-level medical entrance exam over suspected irregularities, Dilawar told journalists in Jodhpur, “Investigating agencies must have found that there are some irregularities and decided to cancel it. Toh is mein koi badi baat nahi hai (It isn’t a big deal). Wherever irregularities are found, the government will work to fix it.”
The School Education Minister said that “whether the connection is with Sikar, West Bengal or Kashmir, the guilty won’t be spared anywhere”.
The Congress has claimed that the investigation into the case was delayed due to alleged links between the accused and the BJP. Dilawar was among the BJP leaders whose photos had emerged with the accused, Dinesh Biwal and Mangilal Biwal.
However, BJP state president Madan Rathore had on Wednesday denied any links of the accused with the BJP, saying that former chief minister Ashok Gehlot, who raised the allegation, “is misinformed and is levelling accusations without facts. The person he is referring to is not our worker. It is commonplace these days to get photographed with anyone in public life, but it is not appropriate to associate someone with the party solely on the basis of a photo”. Rathore also said the party was not trying to protect anyone.
“The CBI is investigating the case, and the culprits will not be spared under any circumstances,” he said.
Rathore added that the BJP has a “zero-tolerance” policy on crimes like corruption and paper leaks, and “no matter how influential the person is, the law will take its course and the culprits will receive severe punishment”.
