Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted the Modi government over the UGC-NET re-exam, and demanded that the National Testing Agency's leadership must be held accountable for it.
In a post on X, he alleged that "this is no longer an education system. It is an extraction machine". "Modi ji, look at what your NTA has just done. UGC-NET exams for Sociology, English and Commerce were held between 22 and 30 June. Nearly two months later, NTA has cancelled all three because it set faulty papers and repeated old questions," he
said.
Gandhi said thousands of candidates who prepared for years, filled forms, paid the fees, travelled to distant centres, must now do it all again in September. "NTA makes the mistake but the student serves the sentence," he said.
"I said this in Kota, in Dehradun, in Prayagraj, and I will keep saying it - this is no longer an education system. It is an extraction machine. It takes your money, your years, your mental health, and your confidence and returns nothing. Not even a job," the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha said.