Opinion: Giving certificate of honesty to NTA on NEET result, isn’t the government ashamed?

On the ninth day, the gentleman woke up. After protests, uproar and the matter reaching the courts, the government has opened its mouth. And even if it opened its mouth, for whom? For the students? No, for the NTA. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in his/her very first statement on the ongoing controversy over the NEET exam, took the contract of honesty on behalf of the NTA. Sir said – no corruption has taken place. The government is ready to answer the court. Minister Sir, does the government have the option of not answering the Supreme Court? If not, then why are you beating the drum that the government will answer, as if by answering it will bless the Supreme Court or the NEET candidates and their families. Think, this arrogance is when the voters, angry on various issues, have just bitten the dust.

The slogan of crossing 400 fizzled out and we could not even cross 300. But as they say- when destruction looms over man, his/her conscience dies first. This government’s conscience seems to be dying, otherwise as soon as the controversy over NEET result deepened, the removal of NTA chief Vineet Joshi would have been announced immediately. But look at the sacrifice of wisdom- even after the matter went to the Supreme Court, far from taking any action, the government is giving statements in defense of NTA. Is it still proud of the fact that the general public is very innocent, it will understand only what is explained to it?

If this is not so, then how did Dharmendra Pradhan ignore all the circumstances and say that corruption did not take place. If corruption did not take place, then the arrest of the NEET student in Bihar and the arrest of others on his/her information, all this is wrong? If this is so, then why does Dharmendra Pradhan’s ministry or NTA not file a case against Bihar Police? Will any of them have the courage to declare the accused arrested in Bihar as innocent? If the action of Bihar Police is correct or at least there is no solid evidence of it being wrong, then on what basis has NTA been given a certificate of honesty?

Opinion: Children give exams after shedding blood and sweat, doubts on NEET will cost the government heavily
NTA says that the results of NEET Exam 2024 will come on June 14. Then the result is released on June 4 without any information. Interestingly, the attention of the media of the whole country and the whole country is on the results of the Lok Sabha elections that came on the same day. The news of NEET result gets buried somewhere in the media. Doesn’t this act of NEET prove the saying ‘a thief’s beard is full of straws’? What was the purpose of secretly giving the result without any information 10 days before the scheduled date? The answer to this question has come. NTA said that if the result was ready, then it would not have been right to hold it for 10 days. By releasing the result first, the process of counseling and admission will be completed on time. But what is happening now? Forget about time, who knows the Supreme Court may cancel the exam itself.

There are many other signs that the NEET exam was rigged. For the first time, 67 students got full 720 marks. This figure is about 17-18 times the normal. Till now, only 3-4 students used to get 720 out of 720 marks at the most. This time, six students who got full marks are from the same exam centre. NTA says that this is just a coincidence. Wow, all the coincidences are happening this time only! Coincidentally, the result was ready 10 days earlier and coincidentally, more than 1,500 students got their OMR sheets late and a new practice of giving them grace marks had to be started. Then if the decision of giving grace marks is completely based on honesty, then why is it taken back and 1,500 students have to take the exam again? Why not face the questions of the Supreme Court and tell it that the system of grace marks is absolutely correct? Okay, the people running NTA are eminent personalities who have come out of the country’s top exam, UPSC, but doesn’t this mean that the rest of the public is completely stupid and doesn’t understand anything?

There is time, mend your ways. There is still a chance, take action against NTA. In the first action, there should be an announcement of immediate removal of NTA chairman. Anyway, the case is with the Supreme Court, so only it can order this action. If this happens, oh government, you will lose a big opportunity. The general public will get the impression that the government stood with the corrupt, the Supreme Court understood their pain and paved the way for justice. Think, if this happens, how badly will the government that launched a campaign against corruption be thrashed? Pradhan Sir, you are worried about your favorite IAS whom you gave a job, but who will worry about the Prime Minister and his/her entire government who gave you the job?

If the credibility of the government is at stake, what will be the result, we have seen it 10 days ago on 4 June. So stop considering the common people as fools and at least try to appear to be standing with them. How do you know what the students and their families go through after years of hard work just on the suspicion of rigging. How do you know what will happen when the NEET exam is cancelled and the children will have to appear for the exam again. Just know this much, if the public is worried today, then the leaders will also be worried tomorrow as soon as they get a chance. You are not full proof. The saying ‘as you sow, so shall you reap’ is not going to go in vain.