NEET-UG paper leak row: Digvijaya Singh urges PM Modi to issue white paper on NTA exam irregularities and action taken

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Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the NEET-UG paper leak issue, urging the government to issue a white paper documenting the instances of paper leaks or irregularities in the examinations conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) in the last eight years and the action taken on them.

Mr. Singh, who is also the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, said that at a time when lakhs of students are under heavy pressure, it is critical to reinforce their faith in the system.

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"I am writing to you to raise a very important concern which several students have relayed to me in the last few weeks. At a time when the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination has wreaked havoc on the mental health of lakhs of students, one critical stressor for them has been the lack of clarity on how previous paper leaks, etc. have been investigated," Mr. Singh said in his letter to Mr. Modi.

“There is presently no consolidated public record of cases relating to paper leaks and how they are being prosecuted by the CBI and other investigative agencies of the Centre and State governments,” the Rajya Sabha MP said. “Amidst the absence of official information, there are plenty of reports and rumours that have taken their place,” Mr. Singh pointed out.

"For instance, one repeated complaint I have received is that the main accused in the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak in Hazaribagh,Sanjeev Kumar alias Mukhiya, is reportedly out on bail. Similarly, the CBI has reportedly filed a closure report stating that no irregularities occurred in the UGC-NET exam of 2024 which had been cancelled by the NTA back then," he said. “When asked by a Delhi court to provide a written explanation for its closure report, the CBI has asked for more time,” Mr. Singh pointed out.

“The