BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on NEET UG exam row

Amid the ongoing controversy over the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET), Bharatiya Janata Party chief Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said the government is not “silent”, adding that action has been taken against the accused and people are being arrested. “We are not silent. We are taking action and people are being arrested. Congress is just talking but we are doing the work. They have not apologised even after 50 years of Emergency being imposed in India,” a BJP MP told ANI.

On June 28, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested two more accused in the NEET-UG paper leak case. “The duo, Dr Ehsaan Ul Haq and Imtiaz Alam, were working as principal and vice-principal of Oasis School in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand,” CBI sources said.

It is noteworthy that Haq has been appointed as the municipal coordinator by the National Testing Agency for the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET-UG 2024). Earlier, the CBI had arrested two people from Patna, Bihar in connection with the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG exam.

The official said that while the accused, Ashutosh, arranged safe accommodation for the students, the other accused, Manish, took the candidates to a school to “prepare” them for the exam. “Manish Prakash would transport the students in his car. While the students were lodged in Ashutosh’s house,” the CBI officer pointed out.

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha saw several adjournments on Friday with the Congress and other opposition parties insisting on a debate on the NEET-UG row and the government keen to pass the motion of thanks for the President’s address. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on June 23 registered a criminal case into alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams by the NTA and formed special teams to probe the matter. According to the agency’s FIR, some “isolated incidents” took place in a few states during the conduct of the NEET (UG) 2024 exam, which was held on May 5.

The NEET (UG) 2024 exam was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on May 5, 2024 across 4,750 centers in 571 cities, including 14 cities abroad, with over 23 lakh candidates appearing for the exam. ‘exam. An unprecedented 67 candidates scored a perfect 720 out of 720 points, leading to widespread protests across the country. (ANI)

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