Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan refuses to speak on NEET-UG paper leak case

The NEET undergraduate examination has been cancelled following confirmed irregularities and allegations of a paper leak, affecting lakhs of students who spend years preparing for the medical entrance test. A retest will be conducted for the candidates. The Union Education Minister refused to answer questions or provide a response regarding the paper leak controversy when approached by reporters. The cancellation serves as a setback for aspirants across the country. Ground reports from coaching centres show the emotional toll on candidates, with students seen crying over the development. The examination, which combined various state-level medical entrance tests into a single unified format to help students, is now at the centre of a controversy. The government has maintained silence on the issue, with no official press conference announced yet to address the concerns of the affected students and parents.