Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday demanded the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case. He accused the Centre of failing to stop repeated examination leaks and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the issue.
Gandhi compared the government’s handling of the NEET-UG 2024 and NEET-UG 2026 controversies and said the same pattern was being repeated despite earlier investigations and committees.
“NEET 2024: Paper leaked. Exam not cancelled. Minister did not resign. CBI set up an investigation. A committee was formed. NEET 2026: Paper leaked. Exam cancelled. Minister still did not resign. CBI is investigating again. Another committee will be formed,” Gandhi wrote.
He asked Modi why accountability had not been fixed despite repeated paper leak cases. “Mr. Modi, the country is asking you some questions – answer them! Why are paper leaks happening repeatedly? Why are you silent time and again on this ‘exam paper discussion’? Why aren’t you dismissing the education minister who keeps failing repeatedly?” Gandhi wrote on X.
“Sack Pradhan,” he wrote.
The remarks came amid a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the NEET-UG 2026 leak case, which has led to multiple arrests across several states.
