The Communist Party of India strongly condemns the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination following paper leaks and large-scale irregularities. Lakhs of students who studied with immense hardship and hope are once again being punished because of the total failure of the NTA and the Modi Government.

This is not an accident but a pattern. Repeated paper leaks, exam scams and cancellations have exposed the collapse of the examination system under this regime. The Modi Government has repeatedly trampled upon the aspirations of students while pushing a deeply discriminatory system that benefits coaching centres and the privileged at the cost of poor, rural and marginalised students.

The CPI reiterates that NEET itself is unjust and discriminatory. The latest fiasco once again proves that this centralised exam system cannot guarantee either fairness or credibility. NEET and the NTA must be scrapped, and the examination system must be decentralised, democratic, and transparent. A Supreme Court-monitored probe should be instituted into the latest scandal, and accountability should be fixed at the highest levels of government. All those guilty of playing with the future of students must be identified and given exemplary punishment.