New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi over the NEET-UG medical entrance controversy and said alleged "irregularities" in the exam have devastated over 24 lakh students even before he takes oath for his new term. Gandhi assured the country's students that he will be their voice in Parliament and strongly raise issues related to their future.

In a post in Hindi on the social media site X, Gandhi said, "Narendra Modi has not even taken oath yet and the irregularities in the NEET exam have devastated over 24 lakh students and their families."

The former Congress president said that six students from a single examination centre topped the examination with maximum marks, while many students got marks which are not technically possible, but the government is constantly denying the possibility of paper leak. He said that the Congress has made a strong plan to deal with this 'paper leak industry' running in connivance with the education mafia and the government machinery.

'I will strongly raise issues related to your future'

Rahul Gandhi said, "In our manifesto, we had pledged to give students 'freedom from paper leak' by making a law. He further said that today I assure all the students of the country that I will be your voice in Parliament and will strongly raise the issues related to your future. He said, "In our manifesto, we had pledged to give students 'freedom from paper leak' by making a law."

A four-member panel was formed to review the marks

Amid allegations of inflated marks in the NEET-UG medical entrance exam, the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday announced that the Ministry of Education has constituted a four-member panel to review the grace marks awarded to over 1,500 candidates. 

NTA denies any irregularities 

The NTA has denied any irregularities and said that changes made in NCERT textbooks and grace marks given for losing time at exam centres are some of the reasons for students getting higher marks. The issue has taken a political turn with several parties raising concerns over the authenticity of the national exam for medical courses. 

Congress demanded a high level investigation 

Let us tell you that on Friday, the Congress demanded a high-level inquiry monitored by the Supreme Court into the 'irregularities' in NEET for medical courses and accused the BJP of deceiving the youth and playing with their future.