Pan India Anger Over 'NEET Scam' Will 'Echo Inside Parliament As Well': Congress

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday asserted that the pan-India anger and protest over the NEET exam issue will “reverberate inside Parliament as well” and reiterated its demand for a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the matter.   

Addressing a press conference at AICC headquarters, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi demanded the removal of the National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General and claimed that the BJP government's attitude towards the ongoing demand for an inquiry into the NEET examination is "irresponsible and insensitive".

"We demand a Supreme Court-monitored probe into this entire scandal which has affected around 24 lakh students," Gogoi said.

"The Congress believes that the BJP government's attitude towards the ongoing demand for an inquiry into the NEET exam is irresponsible and insensitive...Ordinary families have been forced to cough up amounts close to Rs 30 lakh due to promises given to them by different coaching and examination centres," he said.

"We believe that no inquiry can be a just, fair and comprehensive if it is headed by the NTA itself. The NTA chairperson should be removed and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who likes giving exam advice to Class 10 students, should not forget the mental anxiety caused to these undergraduates," Gogoi said.

He added that rest assured, the INDI bloc will take up the cause of these students because that is ‘our responsibility.’ "Now the INDIA bloc has the sufficient strength to bring the government to its knees and make them accountable to the students," he said.

The Congress leader credited Rahul Gandhi for taking up the issue of the NEET exam soon after the Lok Sabha results were declared.