NEET scam is Vyapam 2.0; why is PM Modi silent: Congress

Stepping up its attack on the government over the NEET exam issue the Congress on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modis silence on the matter and asserted that only a Supreme Courtmonitored forensic probe can safeguard the future of lakhs of young studentsCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that the Modi government has started covering up the NEET scam through Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the National Testing Agency NTAIf the paper was not leaked in NEET then why were 13 accused arrested in Bihar due to paper leak Did the Economic Offences Unit EOU of Patna police not expose the payment of Rs 30 lakhRs 50 lakh to the education mafia and organised gangs involved in the racket in exchange for papers he said in a post in Hindi on XHas NEETUG cheating racket not been busted in Godhra Gujarat In which three people are involved including a person running a coaching centre a teacher and another person and according to Gujarat Police transactions of more than Rs 12 crore have come to light between the accused Kharge saidIf according to the Modi government no paper was leaked in NEET then why were these arrests made he askedWhat conclusion is drawn from this Was the Modi government trying to fool the people of the country earlier or now The Modi government has crushed the aspirations of 24 lakh youth Kharge saidTwenty four lakh youth appear in NEET exam to become doctors and work hard day and night for one lakh medical seats he saidOut of these 1 lakh seats around 55000 are in government colleges where seats are reserved for SC ST OBC EWS categories This time the Modi government has misused the NTA and has massively rigged the marks and ranks due to which the cutoff for reserved seats has also increased the Congress chief allegedIt appears that a game of grace marks paper leaks and rigging was played to deprive meritorious students from getting government admission at concessional rates Kharge saidAddressing a press conference on the issue at the AICC headquarters here Congress media and publicity department head Pawan Khera claimed that the NEET scam is Vyapam 20 and the Modi government wants to whitewash itThe scam in Vyapam or Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board broke out in 2013 wherein candidates had bribed officials and rigged exams by deploying imposters to write their answer sheetsPradhans brazen statement of calling widespread protests multiple court cases and tremendous outrage by students as motivated is like rubbing salt on the wounds of 24 lakh aspirants whose future is being destroyed by the BJP Khera saidPosing questions to PM Modi and Pradhan Khera asked is it not true that the Economic Offences Unit EOU of the Patna Police Bihar which is probing the NEETUG 2024 paper leak has found medical aspirants paid huge sums ranging from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 50 lakh each to brokers involved in the racket to get access to question papers ahead of the examination on May 5Can the Education Minister deny that a NEETUG cheating racket has been busted in Gujarats Godhra involving three people including a person who runs coaching centre a teacher and one another wherein the investigation in the case has revealed transaction worth over Rs 12 crore between students their parents and the accused he saidIs it not a fact that this year in 2024 there were 67 toppers who were given a perfect score of 720 while in 2023 the number was just two Khera saidIs it not true that this year saw an abnormal increase in the students getting scores above 690 he askedIs it not true that multiple NEETUG 2024 toppers belong to the same state and have similar roll numbers Were they from the same examination centres he saidIs it not true that the results of the NEET Examination were declared 10 days earlier Khera further askedPM Modi cannot always remain a mute spectator Why is he silent when the future of 24 lakh youngsters is at stake he saidKhera asked why did the Modi government and the NTA inflate marks versus ranks this yearThe complete result of last year and this year of students scoring 580 plus should be made public by NTA if the Modi government claims that the entire examination process is transparent The centres of students scoring 580 plus should also be made public to see how many students travelled far off from their place to take NEET exam he saidKhera said the board marks should also be correlated with NEET marks for last year and this year to see how much the data correlatesThe videos of centres where there are major high scorers must be released so that this scam can be identified as OMR was filled after exam or at NTA office or some impersonation happened so that the truth comes out he saidOnly a Supreme Courtmonitored forensic probe is a solution to safeguard the future of lakhs of young students Khera assertedThe Centre and the NTA had on Thursday told the Supreme Court 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 loss of time the Centre had saidThis 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