NEET exam row: Pradhan slams Cong, says it wants to run away from discussion in Parliament
Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday slammed the Congress, saying it wants to run away from a discussion in Parliament over the NEET exam issue. His remark came a day after Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a «respectful» and good discussion in Parliament on the issue of alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET exam.
Replying to a question on the opposition targeting the BJP-led Centre over the NEET exam issue, Pradhan said, «The Congress does not want a discussion. It wants to run away from the discussion. It's only intention is to create chaos, confusion and create obstacles in smooth functioning of the entire institutional mechanism.»
He said the president had also talked about the NEET exam issue, being raised by the Congress, in her address in Parliament.
He further said the opposition had a chance to raise this issue during the motion of thanks to the President's address and asserted the government was ready for any type of discussion.
«But the Congress wants to play politics over the matter. It is not the time to play politics,» Pradhan told reporters after the first session of the Haryana BJP's extended state executive meeting got over in Panchkula.
Without naming anyone, he further said such irregularities took place before 2014, apparently pointing towards the previous UPA regime at the Centre.
«I could not justify it,» he said.
On steps being taken for zero-error examinations, the minister said a high-level committee of experts under
