NTA officials should be probed as agency has become 'national corruption agency': Congress
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI): Days after two persons accused of manipulating marks of NEET for money were granted bail, the Congress on Wednesday said the role of National Testing Agency (NTA) officials should also be probed as the agency has turned into a "national corruption agency".
Party leader and AICC in-charge of National Student Organisation of India (NSUI), Kanhaiya Kumar, said when the CBI says that no NTA official is involved in this case, why action has been taken under the Anti-Corruption Act.
There has been no response from the CBI or the NTA on the questions raised by the Congress, he said.
On June 23, a Mumbai court granted bail to two persons arrested for allegedly trying to manipulate marks of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
The CBI arrested Sandeep Shah and Salim Patel on June 10 for allegedly deceiving NEET-UG 2025 aspirants and their families by claiming they could manipulate scores, charging Rs 90 lakh per candidate for this purpose.
"Once again questions have been raised on the transparency of NEET and the agency (NTA) which conducts the test. We are not raising these questions. The questions have risen from the CBI's FIR. The CBI registered an FIR in Maharashtra, in which two arrests were made under the Anti-Corruption Act," Kumar said at a press conference along with NSUI president Varun Chaudhary.
"The CBI is saying that no NTA official is involved in this case. If so, why action was taken under the Anti-Corruption Act," Kumar asked.
"When three people are absconding, how did two people get bail? Is it possible that such a big scam happens in the exam without the connivance of any official," Kumar questioned.
"On one hand, the prime minister discusses 'exams', but on the other hand, there is hardly any exam in the country on which questions have not been raised. The government's priority is only to make reels," Kumar alleged.
NSUI president Chaudhary alleged, "The National Testing Agency has become the 'National Corruption Agency'. Whenever NEET is held, new things come to the fore. Whichever exam the NTA conducts, its data gets leaked."
"The CBI registered an FIR, in which some people have also been arrested. In this FIR, it has come to light that the OMR sheet of the exam was changed for money. We are raising the exam scam in NEET because through this test, the aspirants become doctors, who are the foundation of the country's health system," Chaudhary said.
"Now the NTA is again under suspicion. Till now, no major investigation has been launched against the agency, hence our demand is that NTA officials should be investigated because the agency has now become the 'national corruption agency'," he added.
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Vijayanagara: One dead, 12 injured as trucks hits their vehicle from behind on NH 50
Vijayanagara: One man was killed and 12 others were injured after a truck hit vehicle they were traveling in on the National Highway 50 stretch on the outskirts of Koodligi in the district.
The accident victim, Madhu (27), is learned to have been an employee of Reliance Digital from Andhra Pradesh.
The vehicle was reportedly traveling from Bengaluru to Koodligi and the passengers are learned to have been seriously injured following the collision with the truck, which was found to have a Maharashtra registration.
Koodligi Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Mallesh Dodmani and Circle Inspector Prahlad Channagiri arrived at the accident spot on being informed of the accident.
The police officers and locals rescued the injured passengers and got them shifted to the Koodligi Government Hospital. Some of the passengers were reportedly taken to the Ballari Trauma Care Centre for further treatment.
A case has been registered at the Koodligi Police Station and the officers are investigating the incident.
