Members of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Congress’s student wing, barged into the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) offices, locked its doors as a sign of protest and shouted slogans of “shut down NTA”. NSUI national president Varun Choudhary led the protest at the testing agency’s office in Delhi’s Okhla.
NTA is on the radar of probe agencies over alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams.
NSUI shared visuals from the scene that showed its members raising slogans inside the building of the NTA before locking the entrance of the testing agency’s office.
“No more Corrupt NTA. #NTA BAN,” read a message on the iron lock and chain.
“Students across the country are suffering due to the inefficiencies and negligence of the NTA. The frequent postponements and paper leaks are not just administrative failures. They are a direct attack on the future of our youth. We demand that the NTA be banned and a more reliable, transparent system be put in place,” NSUI national president Choudhary said during his address at the protest.
“From tomorrow, we will lock NTA offices all over India if our demand to ban the NTA is not met,” he added.
Delhi Police arrived on the spot and were trying to control the situation, a police officer said.
“Apparently, the NTA locked the door from inside as students were protesting. Subsequently, the protesters also locked the door from outside with an iron chain and lock,” the officer noted.
The protest comes amid row over alleged irregularities and reports of paper leaks in examinations such as the NEET-UG, NEET-PG and UGC-NET conducted by the NTA.
There was no immediate reaction from officials of the NTA about the incident.
