Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Rahul Gandhi attacked the Centre over the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation and a complete revamp of the NTA. The Opposition accused the Modi government of failing to prevent exam leaks despite the 2024 anti-cheating law, alleging lakhs of students’ futures have been affected.

New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday demanded the resignation of the Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, a complete revamp of the National Testing Agency, and a "foolproof protocol" for public examinations, citing alleged leaks in NEET-UG 2026.

Ramesh said the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, piloted by the Modi government in February last year, had proved "grossly inadequate as a deterrent to paper leaks."

In a post on X, Ramesh, "After a string of paper leaks in Yogi-governed Uttar Pradesh and Rahul Gandhi's raising the issue consistently during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Modi Government piloted the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act through Parliament in February 2024. While the Modi Govt hailed it as a landmark, Opposition MPs had pointed back then that the law did nothing to PREVENT paper leaks, through means like "guess papers" or otherwise."

He added that the Congress had promised a "fool-proof plan to PREVENT paper leaks" as part of its Yuva Nyay guarantees ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.