NEET row: "National Testing Agency should be scrapped," says Sitaram Yechury
National Testing Agency which conducts the NEET-UG examinations should be scrapped as crores of students who are future of India are suffering.
He also called for the resignation of the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
«If he (Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan) is taking moral responsibility, we have heard in politics that people who take moral responsibility resign from their posts. But he is doing nothing of that sort… It is clear that papers are being leaked, they are being sold. This is a kind of commercialisation that is happening,» Yechury told ANI.
«Crores of our students are suffering because of this. They are the future of India. And this government is completely responsible… National Testing Agency should be scrapped...,» Yechury added.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Friday again declined to stay the process of counselling in the NEET-UG 2024 and has issued a notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the examination.
A vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti of the apex court has tagged the fresh pleas along with pending petitions and posted them for hearing on July 8.
On Thursday, the top court issued a notice on a plea filed by the NTA seeking the transfer of petitions relating to the NEET-UG, 2024 examination from the High Courts to the apex court.
A vacation bench has also stayed proceedings before different high courts. The vacation bench was hearing pleas due to allegations of question paper leaks and other malpractices.
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