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Modi Proposes Fast-Track Courts in NEET Leak Fallout
Modi's second video on NEET leak proposes fast-track courts and stricter punishments. Opposition demands education minister's resignation as political risk mounts. Education stocks in focus.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a second video late Friday thanking young people for their responses to his earlier message on the NEET-UG exam paper leak controversy. The video came less than 24 hours after Modi posted a nearly three-minute address in which he called the leak "not a minor issue" and said it had caused "immense pain" to lakhs of students and their parents.
Modi said the government had mobilised its full administrative machinery to conduct examinations for nearly 2.2 million students in the shortest possible time. Results were declared July 19, and reports of successful candidates celebrating have come in from across the country, he said. Authorities have arrested several people allegedly involved in the leak and sent them to jail. Modi added that punitive action alone was insufficient.
The Prime Minister proposed establishing Fast-Track Courts for cases related to paper leaks and called for stricter punishments. The proposal follows sustained criticism from opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, who have demanded the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Government officials insist they are committed to addressing the concerns.