Asserting the I.N.D.I.A bloc wants a constructive debate on the NEET issue, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said it is unfortunate that they were not allowed to raise it in the Parliament. In a video message shared from his ‘X’ handle, Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to debate the issue and give the students the respect they deserve.
“The INDIA Opposition bloc wants to have a constructive debate with the Government on the NEET exam and the prevailing paper leak issue. It is unfortunate that we weren’t allowed to do so in Parliament today. This is a serious concern that is causing anxiety to lakhs of families across India,” he said.
“We urge the Prime Minister to debate on this issue and give the students the respect they deserve,” he said. In the video, Gandhi said the message is for all the students, who gave the NEET exam or any other exam, and said that the opposition wanted to discuss the issue but was not allowed to do so by the government.
“There has been a disaster as far as NEET is concerned. Everybody knows that the paper was leaked, people made thousands of crores of rupees. The students were hurt, damaged. The students studied for years. It is their dream, their aspiration to enter the medical field, and that dream and aspiration has been destroyed and ridiculed,” he said.
“There was a unanimous agreement among all opposition parties that yes, a one-day discussion on NEET is required and we are committed to having that discussion peacefully in a very accommodating manner. I tried to raise it in Parliament, of course I was not allowed to speak. This is an issue that has affected two crore students,” he said.
According to him that 70 papers have been leaked in the last seven years. “It is clear there is a systemic problem. It is clear there is a huge amount of corruption and we simply cannot continue like this,” Gandhi added.