NEET-NET Row 2024 Live Updates: NEET PG exam date announcement, probe in NEET and more (2024)

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan criticized the opposition alleging it is misleading students by spreading lies on the NEET issue and should stop its “cheat policy”.

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— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) July 3, 2024

The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday said the opposition to NEET is an "all-India issue" now and sounded confident of seeing a "good result," vis-a-vis its possible abolition, on a day when top Tamil actor Vijay backed an Assembly resolution against the central qualifying test piloted by the government recently. The DMK's students' wing held a protest demanding the abolition of NEET, even as Opposition AIADMK and BJP hit out at the ruling party for "misleading people" and enacting a "drama" over the issue.

NEET has been a sensitive issue in Tamil Nadu as scores of medical aspirants have died allegedly by suicide over the past few years, either over failing the exam or fears of unable to crack it. All major political parties, including the DMK and the AIADMK have been opposed to NEET.

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Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) founder and Tamil actor Vijay on Wednesday spoke out against NEET, and extended his support to the resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly against the central qualifying test, seeking exemption to the southern state.
Addressing students at an event organised by him to honour rank holders of classes 10 and 12, the actor-politician also said Education should be brought to the State List.
He claimed students in Tamil Nadu, especially the poor, those from backward and very backward classes in the rural areas have been "badly affected," in their pursuit for medical education following the introduction of the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test.
NEET was also against states' rights as Education was moved to the concurrent list in 1975, he said.
He also wondered how a student who had studied in a state syllabus and the local language could do well in the central test, based on the "NCERT" curriculum.
He indicated there cannot be "one nation, one curriculum." "Curriculum should be state-specific. It should give importance to different perspectives. Diversity is a strength, not weakness. After studying in state language and syllabus and exam based on NCERT, how is it fair...think about the rural students, how difficult it is for them." "We have seen some reports of irregularities in NEET. After this, its credibility has gone. We have understood NEET is no more required. The solution is exemption (to TN from the test). I wholeheartedly support the Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution seeking exemption for the state", he said.
He said without much delay, Centre "should respect TN people's sentiments," on NEET.
The permanent solution would be to move Education from Concurrent list to State list and if there was any 'difficulty' in this, "a special Concurrent List could be created and include Education and Health in it," following a Constitutional amendment, he said.

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The Panchmahal district court on Tuesday transferred the proceedings in the case of the alleged irregularities in NEET UG to the CBI in Ahmedabad after the latest four-day remand of the four arrested accused came to an end.

The district and sessions Judge also transferred the judicial custody of the four accused to the CBI court, following which, they will be shifted from Godhra sub-jail to Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad; the process began on Tuesday evening, sources said.

The students wing of the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday held a protest here against NEET, reiterating the party's demand for the abolition of the central qualifying test for medical admissions.
The protest, titled "No More NEET" was led by the party's Students Wing Secretary and Kancheepuram MLA, CVMP Ezhilarasan. The protesters were clad in black.
Senior party leader and DMK Organisation Secretary RS Bharathi addressed the protesters. The agitation was held at Valluvar Kottam here.
The protest comes days after the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed yet another resolution, seeking NEET exemption to the state.
The agitation was also held in the backdrop of the recent irregularities regarding the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test.
The DMK has been opposing NEET for long, claiming it was against social justice and state's rights and has been insisting that marks secured in the class 12 exams should be the criteria for medical admissions.

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— AISA (@AISA_tweets) July 3, 2024

Majority of the pleas filed for NEET UG 2024 alleged irregularities will be heard on July 8, when the Supreme Court reopens after summer recess. Several students, coaching institutes have filed pleas against the NEET UG 2024 result.

According to LiveLaw, the NEET plea will be heard by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.

RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal) youth wing today held a protest in Patna demanding cancellation of NEET exam.

#WATCH | Bihar: RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal) youth wing holds protest in Patna demanding cancellation of NEET exam. pic.twitter.com/cP87YIOtJf

— ANI (@ANI) July 2, 2024

All India Students Association (AISA) alleges violence on students protesting against NTA and Dharmendra Pradhan.

Delhi Police's Bajrang Yadav is grabbing a student's throat and assaulting him!

Delhi Police unleashes unchecked violence on students protesting against NTA and Dharmendra Pradhan! #RENEET#scrapNTA pic.twitter.com/nmrbwkqZgp

— AISA (@AISA_tweets) July 2, 2024

Over a dozen students were detained while attempting to march towards the Parliament on Tuesday to protest against alleged irregularities in several competitive exams.

The students belonging to different outfits under the banner "India against NTA" gathered at the Patel Chowk metro station here and started raising "anti-NTA" slogans.

Carrying posters and banners with slogans like "sack Union Education Minister" and "NTA must go" written over them, the students staged demonstration against the reported incidents of paper leak and corruption in the medical entrance exam, besides others.
The Delhi Police detained the protesting students while they tried to march towards the Parliament to press their demands.
"After holding a presser at the Press Club, the students gathered at the Patel Chowk metro station from where they started marching towards the Parliament. Over a dozen students were detained while attempting to do so," said a police officer.

Various students outfits under the banner "India against NTA" have been staging an indefinite sit-in at the Jantar Mantar here against alleged rigging in the NTA held examinations -- NEET UG, PG and UGC NET.

Their protest entered its seventh day on Tuesday with a call to take out a march to the Parliament to forward the agitation.

The members of Left backed All India Students Association (AISA) and Delhi University's Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) are among those sitting on the protest.

The students have called for another march for "Sansad Gherao" on Wednesday along with the student outfits of INDIA block parties on the last day of 18th Lok Sabha.

Their demands include scrapping of NTA, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation and decentralisation of entrance examinations.

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"Our aim is to engage constructively to find a way forward. At this moment, our only concern is the welfare of nearly 24 lakh NEET aspirants across India. Lakhs of families have made tremendous personal sacrifices to support their children. For many, the paper leak is a betrayal of a lifetime dream. Today these students and their families are looking up to us, their public representatives to take bold and decisive steps to resolve the issue. The NEET examination deserves immediate attention because it has exposed the deep rot in our higher education system. The past seven years have seen over 70 paper leaks, affecting over 2 crore students. The government's move to postpone other examinations and replace the Director General of the National Testing Agency is a move to cover up the systemic breakdown of our centralised testing system," Gandhi said in a letter to PM Modi.

Dear Prime Minister,

I am writing to request for a debate in Parliament on NEET tomorrow.

Our aim is to engage constructively in the interest of 24 lakh NEET aspirants who deserve answers.

I believe that it would be fitting if you were to lead this debate. pic.twitter.com/PXqV8LnYVO

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 2, 2024

MK Rajya Sabha member P Wilson on Tuesday urged the central government to either abolish medical entrance exam NEET or approve Tamil Nadu's NEET exemption bill to exclude the state from the competitive exam.

His appeal in the Upper House of Parliament came amid a row over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions to medical courses. During the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address in the Rajya Sabha, he said the state legislative assembly had passed the Tamil Nadu Admission to Medical Courses Bill in 2021 and subsequently passed a resolution unanimously against the exam and to address the "NEET menace".

However, the Bill has been pending the "Centre's assent for nearly three years", causing "anxiety" among students and parents, he said.

"We seek the PM's immediate attention to either approve the Bill passed by the state government or bring out amendments to the National Medical Commission Act to abolish the NEET and next exam system at the national level," Wilson stated.

The NEET-UG 2024 exam was taken by around 23.33 lakh students and the alleged irregularities in its conduct, including question paper leak, has led to filing of cases in courts, including the Supreme Court, and an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The probe agency on June 23 filed an FIR in connection with the alleged irregularities in the exam held on May 5 on a reference from the Union education ministry.

The DMK leader also criticised the delay in ordering of the CBI probe, claiming this might have allowed "fraudsters" to tamper with documents and erase evidence.

Wilson also raised concerns about the handling of competitive exams, including the NEET, by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

The agency that handles crucial national-level tests is registered under the Societies Registration Act "like any other flat owner or housing society", the DMK leader said.

"From 2014 to 2024, the government has passed 427 Bills in the Lok Sabha and 365 bills in the Rajya Sabha. However, the Union government was not interested in introducing a legislation to provide statutory backing to the NTA," Wilson said and claimed that this lack of a legislation could potentially "shield the agency from accountability".

The DMK has long opposed NEET, having secured a stay from the Madras High Court on its implementation when it was first introduced in 2010 through regulations.

In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding exemption of NEET for the state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK supremo M K Stalin on Friday said that "... we had passed a Bill unanimously in our legislative assembly to exempt Tamil Nadu from NEET and to provide medical admissions based on 12th standard marks." "This has been sent for Presidential assent but the assent is still pending," he had said and added that the irregularities during the recent NEET exam validated the state's opposition to the exam.

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Student outfits of the INDIA bloc parties slammed the BJP-led Centre on Tuesday over alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG and reiterated their demand that the medical entrance test be held again for all the 24 lakh candidates who had appeared in it.

At a joint press conference here, national leaders of the student outfits, including the Left-backed All India Students' Association (AISA), Students' Federation of India (SFI) and All India Students' Federation (AISF), along with the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha and the Congress's student wing National Students' Union of India (NSUI), alleged that the future of lakhs of students is in danger due to rigging in the NEET-UG.

The students also demanded the scrapping of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over reported incidents of paper leak and corruption in the exam.

The NTA on Monday released the results of 1,563 candidates who appeared in a re-test to compensate for loss of time as the exam started late at six centres on May 5.

None of the five candidates who scored a perfect 720 marks in the May 5 exam could match their results in the re-test. The number of candidates sharing the top rank in the medical entrance test reduced to 61 from 67 in the revised results.

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Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala, on Tuesday took out a march to the office of the Accountant General (AG) here in protest against the irregularities in the NEET entrance exam.

Holding up placards, which said 'NEET is not very neat' and 'stop playing with students' lives', the protestors marched to the AG's office where DYFI leaders blamed the Narendra Modi government for the recent problems in connection with the medical entrance test conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

They also demanded the resignation of the Union Education Minister and a probe into the irregularities.

The protestors raised these demands in front of barricades set up by the police to stop them from getting close to the AG's office.
DYFI state president V Vaseef, in his speech outside the AG's office, claimed that the irregularities in the NEET exam amounts to cheating the students who worked hard to clear it.

He also alleged that there was large-scale corruption in the conduct of the entrance exam.

'The central government should be ready to investigate it,' Vaseef demanded.

He warned of more protest marches across the country till the Centre investigates the irregularities in the conduct of the entrance test.
Last week, the Kerala assembly unanimously passed a resolution condemning the irregularities in the NEET and NET entrance exams conducted by the NTA.

The assembly passed a substantive resolution demanding that the Centre take urgent steps to address the grievances of affected candidates and carry out a comprehensive inquiry into the irregularities in the conduct of the entrance exams.

Both the ruling LDF and the opposition Congress-led UDF were also in agreement that the recently reported irregularities in the NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams call into question the National Testing Agency's (NTA) credibility and its competence to conduct such entrance tests.

(PTI)

Candidates who appeared for the exam between May 15 and 29 will be able to check and download the CUET UG answer key at exams.nta.ac.in/CUET-UG.

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The new exam date for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for postgraduate courses (NEET PG) 2024 will not be announced on July 2, but will release this week, a senior official from the National Board of Examinations (NBE) toldindianexpress.com.

Amid allegations of irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) and NEET PG postponement the BSP chief Mayawati said on Monday and sought a permanent solution in the matter.

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— Mayawati (@Mayawati) July 1, 2024

Opposition members today demanded a separate one-day discussion on the NEET paper leak issue in the Lok Sabha and staged a walkout after they sought a clear assurance from the government on the issue.

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi raised the issue of irregularities in NEET soon after the Lok Sabha assembled for the day, prompting Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to assert that a separate discussion cannot be held till the House finishes with the motion of thanks on the president's address. -- PTI

NTA today released the All India Ayush Post Graduate Entrance Examination (AIAPGET) 2024 city intimation slip which mentions the exam centre allotted to candidates. The city intimation can be downloaded from the official website — exams.nta.ac.in/AIAPGET/.

The CUET UG 2024 result was scheduled to release on June 30, but there has been no official notification on the same. As per NTA sources, the exam’s provisional answer key, in all probability, will only be released this week. After which, the agency will take “a week to 10 days” to release the final results.

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"Along with the sanctity of various examinations held from time to time in the country, the current uncertainty, especially regarding medical NEET-UG and PG examinations, has naturally created a wave of restlessness, anxiety and anger among the people, for which it is very important to find a quick and permanent solution.

By the way, the matter of paper leak in examinations held not only in All India but also in states including UP and corruption in government recruitments is a very serious, sad and worrisome matter. Any kind of government negligence or politics towards these problems is not appropriate, rather strict steps are necessary to prevent this," ex-CM of Uttar Pradesh said in a post on 'X'.

"Right from the beginning, Tamil Nadu has been opposing NEET on the ground that it is an educational fraud. Having passed plus 2 exams with good marks, why are you forcing people to go for another examination? The problem in north India is that there are some manipulations in NEET. The basic need of the NEET is being questioned by our leader, by DMK..." says DMK MP A Raja.

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"We are not silent. We are taking action and the people are being arrested... Congress only talks, however, we do the work... They haven't apologised even after 50 years of emergency imposed in India..." said BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad.

#WATCH | Patna, Bihar: On NEET UG examination row, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad says, "We are not silent. We are taking action and the people are being arrested... Congress only talks, however, we do the work... They haven't apologised even after 50 years of emergency imposed in… pic.twitter.com/wp1sHUMjes

— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2024

NBE will likely conduct NEET PG in the month of August told sources to The Indian Express. There is no update on the NEET PG exam date as of now but Dr Abhijat Sheth, President, National Board of Examinations (NBE), recently told The Indian Express that the new date for the NEET PG will be announced “hopefully before next weekend.”

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The Centre is considering the possibility of holding the test online from next year, senior officials have told The Indian Express. This comes as the exam has been hit by reports of suspected leaks setting off nationwide protests, more than a dozen arrests, a CBI probe, several court hearings — and now a Parliament logjam.

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Out of the 813 candidates, none have managed to score 720/720, taking down the toppers tally from 67 to 61, as per NTA sources. Five out of the six candidates who had earlier received a perfect score of 720/720 appeared for the retest on June 23. However, they repeated high scores upwards of 680.

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