‘Zero Tolerance For Education Mafia, Repeated Leaks Forced Exam Cancellation’: Dharmendra Pradhan On NEET Retest | Education and Career News
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Dharmendra Pradhan said the Centre did not want any undeserving candidate to clear the exam with the help of the education mafia and take the place of deserving candidates.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said all involved in NEET UG paper leak will be caught.
Two days after NEET-UG 2026 was cancelled over alleged paper leaks, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday evening chaired the first high-level meeting with senior officials to discuss the upcoming re-examination. At a press conference, Dharmendra Pradhan stated that repeated paper leaks forced the NTA to cancel the exam to ensure that deserving students’ right to secure seats in medical colleges is protected and that undeserving candidates do not take their place.
The guess paper contained questions similar to those in the main exam, and investigations began immediately. “We did not want any undeserving candidate to clear the exam with the help of the education mafia and take the place of deserving candidates. We had earlier stated that we follow a zero-tolerance approach, and accordingly, we had formed the Radhakrishnan committee,” Pradhan said. However, despite this, repeated paper leaks occurred, and therefore we decided to cancel the paper this time, he added.
The re-exam has been announced for 21st June. The original exam was held on 3rd May. By 7th May, the NTA received an objection from a source claiming that some questions appearing in the actual paper were already present in a guess paper. Pradhan added that the Centre immediately discussed and investigated the matter. By 12th May, within three to four days, it became clear that the questions had been leaked under the guise of a guess paper, he added.
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