‘NTA Makes Mistake, Students Serve Sentence’: Rahul Gandhi Targets Centre Over UGC-NET Re-Exam

Co g ess
leade
Rahul
Ga dhi
o
Mo day
came
dow
heavily
o
the
Ce t e
afte
the
Natio al
Testi g
Age cy
(NTA)
a ou ced
its
decisio
to
e-co duct
the
UGC-NET
exami atio s
fo
E glish,
Comme ce
a d
Sociology,
questio i g
why
ca didates
should
bea
the
co seque ces
of
e o s
i
the
questio
pape s.

Ta geti g
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi,
Ga dhi
said,
“Modi
ji,
look
at
what
you
NTA
has
just
do e.”
He
questio ed
why
ca didates
who
had
spe t
mo ths
p epap i g
fo
the
exami atio
would
have
to
appea
agai
because
of
the
testi g
age cy’s
e o s.

Rahul
Ga dhi
Questio s
Re-Exami atio

The
UGC-NET
exami atio s
fo
the
th ee
subjects
we e
co ducted
betwee
Ju e
22
a d
30.
Ga dhi
said
the
NTA
ca celled
the
exams
ea ly
two
mo ths
late
because
the
pape s
co tai ed
e o s
a d
epeated
old
questio s.

“Thousa ds
of
ca didates
who
p epa ed
fo
yea s,
filled
fo ms,
paid
the
fees,
t avelled
to
dista t
ce t es,
must
ow
do
it
all
agai
i
Septembe .
NTA
makes
the
mistake
but
the
stude t
se ves
the
se te ce,”
he
said
i
a
post
o
X.

Ga dhi
also
questio ed
whethe
the
pape s
had
bee
leaked
befo e
the
exami atio s
a d
alleged
that
the
NTA
had
failed
to
p ovide
a swe s
o
the
issue.

“NTA
still
wo ‘t
a swe
the
eal
questio
–
we e
these
pape s
leaked
befo e
the
exam?”
he
said.

Modi
ji,
look
at
what
you
NTA
has
just
do e.

UGC-NET
exams
fo
Sociology,
E glish
a d
Comme ce
we e
held
betwee
22
a d
30
Ju e.
Nea ly
two
mo ths
late ,
NTA
has
ca celled
all
th ee
because
it
set
faulty
pape s
a d
epeated
old
questio s.

Thousa ds
of
ca didates
who
p epa ed…

https://t.co/TUMhhMhjvL

—
Rahul
Ga dhi
(@RahulGa dhi)

August
17,
2026

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‘Educatio
System
A
Ext actio
Machi e’,
Says
Ga dhi

Ga dhi
alleged
that
the
exami atio
system
had
tu ed
i to
a
“ext actio
machi e”,
sayi g
it
takes
stude ts’
mo ey,
yea s,
me tal
health
a d
co fide ce
without
givi g
them
adequate
etu s.& bsp;

“I
said
this
i
Kota,
i
Deh adu ,
i
P ayag aj,
a d
I
will
keep
sayi g
it
–
this
is
o
lo ge
a
educatio
system.
It
is
a
ext actio
machi e.
It
takes
you
mo ey,
you
yea s,
you
me tal
health,
a d
you
co fide ce
a d
etu s
othi g.
Not
eve
a
job,”
he
said.

He
fu the
alleged
that
the e
would
be
o
accou tability
fo
the
e o s,
compa i g
the
NTA’s
fu ctio i g
with
what
he
desc ibed
as
othe
comp omised
exami atio
systems.

Ga dhi
Dema ds
Accou tability

The
Co g ess
leade
said
fo me
U io
Educatio
Mi iste
Dha me d a
P adha ‘s
esig atio
was
o ly
the
begi i g
a d
called
fo
accou tability
f om
the
NTA
leade ship.

“Dha me d a
P adha ‘s
esig atio
was
the
fi st
step,
ot
the
last.
NTA’s
leade ship
must
be
held
accou table
too.
To
eve y
stude t
sitti g
this
exam
agai
i
Septembe
–
you
a e
ot
the
p oblem,”
Ga dhi
said.

He
added
that
stude ts’
yea s
we e
bei g
wasted
a d
said
his
pa ty
would
co ti ue
seeki g
a swe s
f om
the
p ime
mi iste .

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Co g ess
MP
Questio s
Delay

A
Co g ess
Rajya
Sabha
MP
also
questio ed
the
NTA’s
fu ctio i g
followi g
the
a ou ceme t
of
the
e-exami atio .

He
said
the
age cy
had
ack owledged
that
the
E glish,
Comme ce
a d
Sociology
pape s
co tai ed
“factual,
typog aphical,
a d
t a slatio
e o s”
a d
questio ed
why
it
took
ea ly
two
mo ths
to
ide tify
them.

The
MP
also
asked
why
ca didates
who
appea ed
fo
the
othe
84
subjects
we e
still
waiti g
fo
thei
esults
a d
questio ed
whethe
the
p ime
mi iste
would
take
espo sibility
fo
the
issue.

NTA
A ou ces
F esh
Exams

The
NTA
said
it
eceived
seve al
complai ts
ega di g
multiple
e o s
i
the
E glish,
Comme ce
a d
Sociology
questio
pape s.
A
committee
was
subseque tly
co stituted
to
exami e
the
complai ts.

Based
o
the
committee’s
ecomme datio s,
the
age cy
decided
to
co duct
the
exami atio s
agai
to
e su e
a
“fai
a d
e o -f ee
exami atio .”

The
e-exami atio
fo
E glish
a d
Comme ce
will
be
held
o
Septembe
9,
while
the
Sociology
exami atio
will
take
place
o
Septembe
10.

The
NTA
said
ca didates
would
ot
have
to
pay
a y
additio al
fee
fo
the
e-exami atio .
It
also
said
esults
fo
the
emai i g
84
subjects
would
be
decla ed
as
scheduled
a d
that
seat
allocatio
would
ot
be
educed.

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