Rajasthan Congress questions NTA over NEET paper leak row​

Jaipur, May 15 (IANS) Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Friday questioned the functioning of the National Testing Agency, alleging that the Central Government had failed to safeguard the future of lakhs of students amid repeated National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test paper leak controversies.​

Asking why crucial national examinations like the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test were being entrusted to the National Testing Agency, which he termed an “NGO-like institution”, Dotasra claimed repeated leaks had exposed serious flaws in the examination system.​

Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee president Govind Singh Dotasra on Friday also launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party government over the alleged National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test paper leak cases, claiming that despite repeated promises by PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to eliminate the “paper leak mafia”, the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-2026 paper leak occurred in Rajasthan itself and allegedly involved Bharatiya Janata Party leaders.​

Addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters in Jaipur, Dotasra alleged that influential individuals were being protected in the investigation.​

Referring to statements made by leaders of the ruling party, he said the state Education Minister had remarked, “So what if the paper got leaked?”, while Bharatiya Janata Party state president Madan Rathore allegedly attempted to downplay the controversy by saying the leak had “originated in Kerala”.​

Dotasra claimed that information provided by a political party leader arrested in connection with the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-2026 paper leak had revealed that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-2025 paper was also leaked in Rajasthan.​

He alleged that despite receiving information regarding the 2025 leak, the Rajasthan Special Operations Group failed to register a First Information Report, raising questions about who was being protected.​

He said more than 2.2 million students had appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-2026 examination held on May 3 after months of hard work and expensive coaching, only for the exam to be cancelled following the paper leak.​

He further alleged that irregularities and paper leaks had also affected earlier National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test examinations, including in 2024 and 2025.​

According to Dotasra, the investigation into the 2026 leak exposed a network involving two men from Jamwaramgarh in Jaipur district, who allegedly procured National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test question papers repeatedly and supplied them to family members and other candidates for money.​

He claimed that five children from the families of Mangilal and Dinesh Biwal had scored poorly in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-2024 but later secured high scores in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-2025 and obtained admission to government medical colleges without formal coaching.​

According to him, the alleged leak of the 2025 paper surfaced only after the 2026 investigation uncovered the same network’s involvement again.​

Questioning the functioning of the National Testing Agency, Dotasra alleged that the Central Government had failed to safeguard the future of students and asked why critical national examinations such as the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test were being entrusted to what he described as an “NGO-like institution”.