"The INDIA Opposition bloc wants to have a constructive debate with the Government on the NEET exam and the prevailing paper leak issue. It is unfortunate that we weren't allowed to do so in Parliament today. This is a serious concern that is causing anxiety to lakhs of families across India
Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Friday slammed the BJP over the NEET issue and claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not ready to discuss the issue in Parliament as Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is not coming to Parliament.
A case has been registered against NSUI National President Varun Choudhary after members of the Congress' National Students' Union of India (NSUI) on Thursday held a protest demonstration at the National Testing Agency (NTA) office over recent "irregularities" in NEET-UG 2024.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday registered a case against officials of the Primary Education Department in Haryana, alleging the fake admission of 4,00,000 students in government schools across the state between 2014 and 2016.
"The duo, Dr Ehsaan Ul Haq and Imtiaz Alam, were working as the principal and vice principal of the Oasis School in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh," CBI sources said.
"Such a senior leader was not allowed to speak today. On behalf of the Opposition and the INDIA bloc, Kharge was demanding that the discussion of paper leaks and NEET to be taken up first. He kept raising his hand to demand a discussion but his attempts were ignored and in the end, Kharge ha
Congress party's Rajya Sabha MP, Phulo Devi Netam, was taken away in an ambulance from Parliament after she felt dizzy and fell while protesting in the well of the House over the NEET issue on Friday.
"Under Rule 267 we are demanding a special discussion on it in the House, and after that, we will state our demands," Kharge said speaking to reporters on Friday.
After the Lok Sabha got adjourned till Monday and no discussion could be done on the issue pertaining to NEET, Bharatiya Janata Party MP-actor Kangana Ranaut lashed out at the leaders in the opposition and said that their conduct was not appropriate.
Following the paper leak controversy around the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical undergraduates and the cancellation of UGC-NET due to "lack of integrity," Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the discussion must happen within tradition and decoru
After the Lok Sabha got adjourned till Monday, the opposition leaders expressed dissatisfaction that no discussion took place about the issue pertaining to the NEET controversy. Congress MP Manish Tewari called it "unfortunate" that no discussion could be held over the same.
The opposition continued its strident pitch on the alleged irregularities in the NEET examination with the Congress and other parties demanding a discussion on the floor of the house.