Rahul slams Modi for ‘silence’ on NEET ‘irregularities’

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for maintaining ‘silence’ on the NEET exam issue and asserted that his party is committed to strongly raising the voice of the youth from the streets to the Parliament for ensuring strong policies against paper leaks.

The former Congress president said the arrests made in Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana clearly show that there has been organised corruption in the examination in a planned manner and added these BJP-ruled states have become the “epicentre” of paper leaks.

“Narendra Modi, as usual, is maintaining silence on the tampering with the future of more than 24 lakh students in the NEET examination,” Gandhi said.

“The arrests made in Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana clearly show that there has been organised corruption in the examination in a planned manner and these BJP ruled states have become the epicentre of paper leak,” he claimed.

In the manifesto, the Congress had guaranteed to secure the future of the youth by making strict laws against paper leaks.

“While fulfilling the responsibility of the opposition, we are committed to formulate such tough policies by strongly raising the voice of the youth from the streets to the Parliament and putting pressure on the government,” he said.

Rahul’s remarks came after the SC on Tuesday said even if there was “0.001 per cent negligence” on the part of anyone in the conduct of the NEET exam, it should be thoroughly dealt with.

Arrests made in Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana show that there has been organised graft in the examination and these BJP-ruled states have become the epicentre of paper leak

— Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader