Uproar over NEET Paper Leak, Lok Sabha Adjourned till Monday

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned until Monday as the opposition demanded a discussion on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak controversy.

The Opposition demanded for a debate on the alleged question paper leak of the NEET-UG medical exam and other competitive tests.

On Friday morning, Congress MP KC Venugopal submitted an adjournment motion to discuss the unprecedented cases of paper leaks, including NEET-UG and UGC-NET. The Opposition aimed to highlight the ‘failures’ of the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts over a dozen national competitive exams.

”I have received 22 notices on the NEET paper leak case. The President has already indicated in her speech in paragraph 20 that there would be a fair investigation into the irregularities in NEET. The members could raise any issue during the Motion of Thanks to President’s address,” Speaker Om Birla said before adjourning the house until 12 pm.

But the Opposition stuck to their demand for a discussion on NEET.

When the session resumed, the Speaker adjourned the House till 11 am on July 1. Earlier, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi had demanded that the Speaker allow the adjournment motion for discussion on the NEET issue before the President’s address, calling it the most important issueSpeaker Om Birla rejected the demand, stating that an adjournment motion could not be permitted in the middle of the discussion on the President’s address.