Congress-led panel bars United Doctors Front from NEET-UG deliberations after BJP protests
मुख्य बातें
- •United Doctors Front (UDF) was barred from testifying before the Congress-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education on June 1, 2026, after BJP MPs objected to their inclusion as witnesses
- •BJP MP Bhim Singh argued that UDF members were not neutral due to their known position on NEET-UG irregularities
- •UDF reiterated its demand for the dissolution of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the creation of a new parliamentary body to oversee medical entrance exams
- •Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Jairam Ramesh criticized the government’s handling of NEET-UG and demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
A parliamentary panel led by senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday (June 1, 2026) excluded representatives of the United Doctors Front (UDF) from testifying on alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Undergraduate (NEET-UG) examinations, following opposition from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs. The meeting of the Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports was convened to examine issues related to NEET-UG and the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA), which has faced intense scrutiny over allegations of paper leaks and procedural irregularities.
