Exam cancellations happening due to PM’s incompetence: Jairam Ramesh | Politics News

New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh addresses a press conference at AICC HQ, in New Delhi, Friday, May 31, 2024. (Photo: PTI)


Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday claimed that exam cancellations are happening in the country every day because of the “total incompetence” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the “people around him”.


The scathing attack on the prime minister came on a day the NEET-PG examination was postponed as a “precautionary measure” in the wake of recent allegations on the integrity of certain competitive exams. The exam was scheduled to be held on Sunday.


A day earlier, the June edition of the Joint Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (CSIR-UGC-NET) was postponed due to unavoidable circumstances and logistic issues. On Wednesday, UGC-NET was cancelled following inputs that the exam’s integrity was compromised.


Opposition parties have also claimed irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG, the results of which were announced by NTA on June 4. A probe into the alleged irregularities in this exam has been handed over to CBI.


“No day is complete without news of the cancellation of an exam because of the total incompetence of the non-biological PM and the people around him. The latest exam to be put off is NEET-PG, which was scheduled to be held tomorrow,” Ramesh said in a post on ‘X’.


Facing flak over alleged irregularities in competitive exams, the Centre on Saturday shunted out National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Subodh Singh and set up a seven-member panel headed by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan to review the agency’s functioning and recommend exam reforms.


Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, however, denied any leak of the CSIR-UGC-NET paper and said the exam was postponed due to logistical reasons. He also asserted that anybody involved or responsible for any irregularity in NEET-UG will not be spared.

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First Published: Jun 22 2024 | 11:39 PM IST

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