Parliament LIVE: No special status for Bihar; Cong, govt spar over NEET
Millions concerned about exam anomalies: Rahul Gandhi
Congress MP and LoP in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi says "The issue is that there are millions of students in the country who are extremely concerned about what is going on and who are convinced that the Indian examination system is a fraud. Millions of people believe that if you are rich and you have money, you can buy the Indian examination system and this is the same feeling that the opposition has..."
No evidence of paper leak in last 7 years: Pradhan
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informs Lok Sabha there is "no evidence of paper leaks in last seven years".
Congress MP Manickam Tagore asks if the education minister would resign in light of the "severe breach" in the examination process taking responsibility of the irregularities in conduct of NEET exams.
Pradhan says, “I am here (post of education minister) at the mercy of my leader, the Prime Minister, whenever (question of) accountability comes, my government is answerable to that.” He says government not hiding anything and so far "only one" case of malpractice has come to light in Bihar and the CBI is investigating it.
DMK MP K Veeraswamy demands scrapping of NEET. Pradhan says NEET was initiated in 2010 by the then government and subsequently twice the issue of NEET had come up before the SC and the apex court upheld the need for a single exam on both occasions. Pradhan says protest against NEET today is for “purely political reasons”.