Shuffling bureaucrats is no solution: Mallikarjun Kharge after Centre removes NTA chief amid paper leak row

Kharge criticizes BJP for NEET scam, calls for accountability; NTA chief replaced amid paper leak protests.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that shuffling the bureaucrats is not a solution to the "endemic problem" in the education system "rotted by the Bharatiya Janata Party" and claimed that in the NEET scam, the buck stops at the doorstep of top-level officials of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government.

Amid the Opposition's protest over NEET-UG and UGC-NET examination paper leaks, National Testing Agency (NTA) chief Subodh Kumar was replaced by P. K. Kharola, the current chairman and managing director of India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)."

“In the NEET Scam, the buck stops at the doorstep of the top echelons of the Modi government. Shuffling the bureaucrats is no solution to the endemic problem in the education system rotted by the BJP. NTA was projected to be an autonomous body, but in reality, was made to serve the devious interests of the BJP/RSS,” Mr. Kharge posted on X.

The Congress president further said, "paper Leaks, Corruption, Irregularities and the Education Mafia have infiltrated our Education system". "For students to get Justice, Modi government must be held accountable. Now, the NEET-PG Exam has been postponed. 4 examinations have been either cancelled/postponed in the past 10 days. This belated whitewashing exercise is of NO consequence as countless youth continue to suffer!" he added.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare postponed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) Examination on June 22, which was scheduled to be held on June 23 and said that a fresh date will be announced at the earliest.

Government to set up panel to suggest steps to improve NTA’s work

The NEET-PG exams were scheduled to be held on June 23. “Taking into consideration, the recent incidents of allegations regarding the integrity of certain competitive examinations,” the Ministry of Health has decided to undertake a thorough assessment of the robustness of the processes of the NEET-PG Entrance Examination, conducted by the National Board of Examination for medical students,” the Ministry statement read.”