Congress Seeks Supreme Court-Monitored Probe In 'NEET Bungling'
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday demanded a Supreme Court monitored probe into the irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) conducted by the National Testing Authority.
Addressing a press conference, senior Congress leader and in-charge of the National Students’ Union of India Kanhaiya Kumar and NSUI president Varun Choudhary stressed upon the government to address the concerns and complaints of the aspirants.
Kanhaiya Kumar said, now irregularities have become the routine in these exams. He said, it is a vicious cycle that first the exams are not being conducted on time and once exams are held, irregularities are reported which eventually leads to the cancellation of the exams, thus wasting precious time of the students besides pushing them into frustration and state of helplessness.
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The senior Congress leader rejected the clarification issued by the NTA, asking how it was possible that 67 students topped the test with all of them scoring 100 percent marks.
Besides, he added, out of these 67 toppers, 12 students had taken the NEET exam sitting in the same centre.
He clarified that he did not raise any questions on the ability of the students, but the ability of the examining authority, the NTA, had come under questions.
Kumar pointed out that the NEET result was scheduled to be declared on June 14 and it was surprisingly advanced to June 4, when the whole country was busy watching the General Election results.
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He asked what was the urgency in advancing the results by ten days and announcing these on the same day when the votes were being counted.
Expressing serious concern over the credibility of the examinations in the country, he expressed strong apprehensions that the day may not be far when even the UPSC examinations come under question.
He asked the government to take the matter seriously and fix the responsibility by ordering a SC-monitored probe into the allegations of irregularities. He said, such things lead to frustration and desperation among the students, pointing out how one girl in a tragic development committed suicide after the NEET results were declared.
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The Congress leader referred to the party’s manifesto saying it had promised stringent law against paper leaks, besides setting up a regular exam and recruitment calendar. He asked, when the elections could take place on time, why not the exams and recruitments.
