The Opposition on Monday questioned the Narendra Modi-led Centre over allegations of irregularities and paper leaks in the NEET-UG 2026 examination, claiming repeated controversies were damaging the credibility of the country’s examination system and hurting lakhs of students.Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi alleged that NEET was no longer an examination but had turned into an “auction”, claiming that question papers were being circulated on WhatsApp nearly 42 hours before the exam.Referring to the nearly 22 lakh students who appeared for the examination on May 3, Gandhi said aspirants spent sleepless nights preparing for the test only to see their future “auctioned off overnight”. He alleged that repeated paper leaks under the Modi government had shattered the trust of students and their families.“This is not the first time,” Gandhi said, claiming there had been dozens of paper leaks and re-examinations over the past decade. He accused the Centre of repeatedly making promises after every controversy without fixing the system.Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gandhi alleged that the government was passing the burden of its failures onto ordinary citizens while students from poor families were paying the price through a collapsing examination system.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the examination system under the BJP government had become a “symbol of disorder, distrust and chaos”.Claiming that NEET papers had leaked multiple times over the years, Kharge referred to reports from Rajasthan’s Sikar where handwritten “guess papers” were allegedly circulated before the examination and several questions reportedly matched the actual paper.He accused the BJP government of failing to act against the “paper leak mafia” and alleged that instead of ensuring transparency in recruitment and entrance examinations, the government was engaged in “cover-ups” after every controversy.Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also questioned the government over recurring examination scandals, saying the future of nearly 23 lakh students had once again come under uncertainty.She said students and parents invested enormous effort, money and hope into examinations like NEET, but repeated allegations of corruption and leaks were destroying confidence in the system.Vadra further questioned the effectiveness of the anti-paper leak law brought by the Centre, asking why such incidents continued to surface despite the government’s claims of stricter safeguards.“The Prime Minister is accountable to the country’s youth,” she said, asking how long students would continue to suffer because of repeated failures in the examination system.