The UGC NET controversy has taken a political turn after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Sociology paper was leaked before the examination, citing claims that a confidential PDF containing nearly 90 matching questions was circulated among candidates.
The allegations come just days after the National Testing Agency (NTA) came under criticism over repeated questions, spelling mistakes, poor translations and syllabus-related complaints in multiple UGC NET papers.
In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi claimed a 100-page PDF linked to the UGC NET Sociology paper was
circulated shortly before the examination.
According to him, the document matched nearly 90 questions from the actual paper and was allegedly sold for Rs 2.25 lakh across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan.
He further alleged that the same network claimed to have access to question papers for upcoming examinations, including CSIR-NET, HTET and ADA recruitment tests.
Without presenting evidence in the post, Gandhi accused the Centre of failing to act despite repeated examination controversies and said students' hard work was being undermined.