Exam cancellations due to PM’s incompetence: Jairam Ramesh | Political news

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday alleged that exam cancellations were happening daily in the country due to the “complete incompetence” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and “people around him”.

The scathing attack on the Prime Minister came on a day when the NEET-PG exam was postponed as a “precautionary measure” following recent allegations over the integrity of some competitive exams. The exam was to take place on Sunday.

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

Opposition parties also alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG medical entrance exam, the results of which were announced by the NTA on June 4. An investigation into the alleged irregularities in this examination has been entrusted to the CBI.

“No day is complete without news of an exam being canceled due to the utter incompetence of the non-biological PM and his entourage. The latest exam to be postponed is the NEET-PG, which was scheduled to be held tomorrow ,” Ramesh said in a post on ‘X’.

Facing criticism over alleged irregularities in competitive exams, the Center on Saturday removed National Testing Agency (NTA) director general Subodh Singh and set up a seven-member committee headed by former chief ISRO, K Radhakrishnan, to review the functioning of the agency and recommend examination reforms.

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