NEET exam row: Congress to hold protests in all state headquarters on Friday

The Congress will hold protests in all state headquarters on Friday over the alleged irregularities in medical entrance exam NEET demanding justice for the studentsIn a letter to all state unit chiefs Congress legislature party leaders state incharges general secretaries and other top functionaries Congress general secretary incharge organisation K C Venugopal said there is an urgent need to address the numerous complaints and concerns surrounding the NEETUG 2024 conduct and resultsAs you are aware the National Testing Agency NTA released the results of NEETUG 2024 on 4th June 2024 The results have been marred by allegations of irregularities and paper leaks following the inflated marks of some aspirants he saidVenugopal said there are significant concerns over inflated marks and irregularities and awarding grace marks without disclosing the methodology further raises doubtsThe examination has been plagued by technical glitches malpractice and unfair means in certain test centres Organised corruption is evident from arrests made in Bihar Gujarat and Haryana revealing a pattern of malpractice in BJPruled states he saidThe Supreme Court has also highlighted the seriousness of these allegations demanding zero tolerance for negligence Venugopal notedSuch irregularities undermine the credibility of the examination process and jeopardise the future of countless dedicated students The Congress party had promised to secure the future of the youth by enforcing strict laws against paper leaks in our manifesto he saidAgainst this massive corruption and irregularities in the NEET examination and the desperate inaction and silence of the NDA government all Pradesh Congress Committees are requested to hold massive protests in state headquarters on Friday June 21 2024 demanding justice for the students Venugopal said in his letter dated June 18This demonstration should involve senior leaders and party functionaries he addedThe Supreme Court on Tuesday said even if there was 0001 per cent negligence on the part of anyone in the conduct of the NEETUG 2024 examination it should be thoroughly dealt withObserving that students have to labour hard while preparing for these examinations the apex court said the litigation pertaining to the National EligibilitycumEntrance Test Undergraduate2024 examination ought not be treated as adversarialThe Centre and the NTA had on June 13 told the top court that they had cancelled the grace marks given to 1563 candidates who took the examination for admission to MBBS and other such coursesThey will have the option to either take a retest or forgo the compensatory marks awarded to them for the loss of time the Centre had saidThe examination was held on May 5 across 4750 centres and around 24 lakh candidates took it The results were expected to be declared on June 14 but were announced on June 4 apparently because the evaluation of the answer sheets got completed earlierThere have been allegations of question paper leaks in states like Bihar and other irregularities in the prestigious exam The allegations have led to protests in several cities and filing of petitions in several high courts as also the Supreme Court Scores of students protested in Delhi on June 10 seeking a probe into alleged irregularitiesAs many as 67 students scored a perfect 720 unprecedented in the NTAs history with six from a centre in Haryanas Faridabad figuring in the list raising suspicions about irregularities It has been alleged that grace marks contributed to 67 students sharing the top rankThe NEETUG examination is conducted by the NTA for admissions to MBBS BDS AYUSH and other related courses in the government and private institutions across the countryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever