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PM Modi on the NEET Row: "Preventing Paper Leaks A National Responsibility"

Following the NDA Parliamentary Party's "Mangal Milan" meeting on Tuesday, Minister Kiren Rijiju quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who emphasized that preventing such paper leaks was a national responsibility and demanded the harshest punishment for those responsible for the NEET paper leak.
According to Rijiju, the prime minister called for teamwork to create an impenetrable examination system.According to Rijiju, who cited the Prime Minister, "all MPs have a shared responsibility to work for the country's future and the welfare of its youth, despite political differences. The PM called on NDA partners to remain united in supporting legislative business and appealed to opposition parties to work constructively in parliament."

The remarks were made one day after hundreds of demonstrators were prevented from marching on parliament by being lathicharged and tear-gassed. In response to alleged irregularities in competitive exams, including the NEET paper leak, the demonstrating students are calling for the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. They are led by the satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which was founded in May after the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court compared some young people without jobs to "cockroaches" during an unrelated hearing.
Over two million prospective doctors take the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), one of the nation's most demanding tests. Due to claims that the question paper had been leaked beforehand, the exam was cancelled in May. Late last month, the retest was carried out.The online marking system used for tests taken by about two million high school CBSE students was the subject of another controversy prior to the NEET incident. Numerous students claimed that the system had given the wrong applicants results or given the wrong scores.
According to PM Modi, the government took prompt action once news of the NEET paper leak surfaced, resulting in arrests and prompt action against those responsible, Rijiju relayed.
The "kingpin" suspected of being responsible for the leak has been detained by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which identified him as a chemistry lecturer participating in the National Testing Agency's (NTA) examination procedure. The public can report "suspicious claims, unauthorized content, or fraudulent activities" pertaining to the NEET exam via a website established by the education ministry.According to Rijiju, the Prime Minister emphasized the importance of conducting a re-examination as soon as possible to guarantee that students' futures were unaffected.Following activist Sonam Wangchuk's forced hospitalization on Saturday, which abruptly ended his 21-day hunger fast in favor of the CJP-launched movement, there was a demonstration on Monday.
Wangchuk declared later on Monday that he will restart his hunger strike in the hospital after witnessing the "brutality with which peacefully protesting students are being dealt with."
Before yesterday's Monsoon Session of parliament began, PM Modi made no mention of the demonstrators in a public speech.The CJP claimed that when the government contacted them in the morning, two of its leaders met with Union Minister JP Nadda and sent a letter outlining their demands.The Minister acknowledged the development, stating that there was a "cordial atmosphere" throughout the discussion but that the notion originated with the demonstrators.On the first day of the Monsoon Session, both Houses of Parliament were disrupted by protests by the opposition against the suspected leak of NEET papers and the theft of donations from Ram temples.