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NEET ROW

Students up in arms and Opposition attacks

Govt as Modi 3.0 faces its first major test

The government has postponed the NEET-PG 2024 examinations following rising controversy regarding
alleged exam “irregularities” in the NEET-UG exam held on May 5

OUR BUREAU
New Delhi
ays after the Union Health Ministry post-
poned the National Eligibility and Entrance
DTest postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2024 exam-
ination slated for June 23, President, the National
Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences Abhijat
Sheth on Tuesday said that the SOPs and protocols
will be reviewed as soon as possible and the next date
for the examination will be declared by next week.
Sheth’s statement came after a review meet-
ing held between officials of the National Board of
Examinations in Medical Sciences and the Union
Health Ministry, to access the situation and input
received by the government before postponing the
examination. The government has postponed the
NEET-PG 2024 examinations following rising con-
troversy regarding alleged exam “irregularities” in
the NEET-UG exam held on May 5.
Further, on the advisory issued against social
media messages, and fraudsters, warnings, he said,
“This was for protection; that’s why we published the
SOPs before the examination, this is all perception,
social media is so vast these days that sometimes
it gives the wrong message to the students, and we
wanted students should remain on the right path.” National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) students stage a protest against alleged irregularities in NEET-UG and the cancellation
Following the paper leak controversy around of UGC-NET exams, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Monday (ANI)
the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)
for medical undergraduates and cancellation of
UGC-NET due to “lack of integrity”, the Students’ immediate and concrete measures to be taken to re- vise and investigate the irregularities in the NEET
Federation of India (SFI), Tribal Students Union store faith in the examination process. (UG) 2024 examination held on May 5, 2024.”
(TSU), Democratic Youth Federation of India Protesting students highlighted the emotion- Notably, the Bihar government had handed over
(DYFI) and Tribal Youth Federation (TYF) jointly al and psychological toll on students who prepare the investigation of alleged irregularities in the 2024
organized a large-scale protest against rampant cor- rigorously, only to find their efforts undermined NEET-UG exam to the CBI for a thorough probe.
ruption in examinations that are held nationwide by corrupt practices. The protest, which saw par- “Bihar government is to hand over the case re-
and demanded the resignation of Union Education ticipation from students and youth across different lated to the irregularities in the NEET UG exam-
Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. regions, also included calls for “comprehensive re- ination held on May 5 to the CBI. The CBI team
The demonstrators, comprising thousands of forms in the examination system”. These reforms, is expected soon in Patna to take over the investi-
students and youth, took to the streets to voice their they argue, are “essential to ensure transparency, gation of the case. Economic Offences Unit shall
outrage over the repeated instances of corruption fairness, and the protection of students’ rights”. hand over all the updated case records to CBI,”
that have jeopardized the futures of millions of Meanwhile, the Bihar government on Monday Economic Offences Unit (EOU) DIG, Nayyar
students. The protesters assembled in major cities, issued a notification regarding handing over the Hasnain Khan had said on Sunday.
holding placards and chanting slogans, demanding NEET-UG paper leak case to the Central Bureau After taking over the probe into the alleged
the immediate resignation of the Union Education of Investigation (CBI). In the notification, the gov- irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-En-
Minister. They argue that the “minister’s failure to ernment said, “In exercise of the powers conferred trance Test (NEET)-UG exams in 2024, the CBI
address the issues within the examination system under Section 6 of the Delhi Police Establishment formed special teams to investigate the case, the
has led to widespread disillusionment and frustra- Act, 1946 (Act 25 of 1946), the Governor of Bihar is central agency said in a statement on Sunday.
tion among students, whose dreams and futures are pleased to give his assent to the Delhi Special Police This comes after the central government en-
being unfairly compromised”. Establishment, who have been entrusted with the trusted the CBI with the matter of alleged irregu-
Similarly, representatives from the DYFI, exercise of powers and jurisdiction in the state and larities in the NEET-UG exam in 2024 for a com-
TSU, and TYF echoed these sentiments, calling for other places related to the case to investigate/super- prehensive investigation.

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