NEW DELHI: Slamming as a “cover up” the govt claim that there was no paper leak in NEET-UG exam, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge Friday said Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan should clarify how his claim squares up with the arrests of 13 persons in Bihar for “paper leak” and the busting of organised rackets in Patna and Godhra where police arrested culprits and alleged exchange of money for offering NEET question papers and cheating.
Kharge amplified the Congress attack on the Modi govt over the NEET row, which the party has already announced will be a key issue in the first session of new Parliament starting this month. AICC dubbed the NEET paper leak as a pattern under BJP regimes in UP, Gujarat and MP, and called the row “Vyapam 2”, a reference to the infamous alleged paper leaks and scandal in MP. Kharge said not only have 13 persons been arrested for “paper leaks”, but Patna Police has also busted an organised group which was involved in offering exam papers for a sum of Rs 30 lakh, and that Guj Police has also alleged an exchange of Rs 13 crore by a cheating racket in Godhra.