Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, launched a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government on Saturday, blaming it for repeated failures in conducting major national exams and accusing it of damaging India’s education system.
In a post on X, Gandhi clubbed together recent controversies around NEET, CBSE, SSC and CUET, calling it evidence of deeper governance failure.
“NEET | CBSE | SSC | And today CUET. Four exams. One crore students. Not even one was conducted honestly,” he wrote.
Mocking the government’s “Vishwaguru” pitch, he added: “Claims of being ‘Vishwaguru’, but you can’t even conduct a single exam in the country – Modi ji has destroyed the entire education system.”
Gandhi also issued a political warning: “The generation whose future you are ruining – that same generation will hold you accountable.”
His comments came as CUET-UG 2026 ran into technical glitches at multiple TCS-operated centres in Delhi, Bengaluru and elsewhere, disrupting the test for thousands. The National Testing Agency admitted the issue, granted extra time to affected candidates, and postponed some afternoon sessions.
The CUET trouble follows the cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 earlier this month over paper-leak allegations, which impacted nearly 24 lakh medical aspirants and sparked nationwide protests. Opposition parties accused the Centre of failing to protect exam integrity, while the government said corrective steps were underway and culprits would face action.
CBSE’s shift to digital On-Screen Marking for Class 12 answer sheets also drew flak, with students and teachers reporting mismatched scripts, blurred scans, missing pages and unexpectedly low marks, fueling calls for re-evaluation and more transparency.
In another X post, Gandhi extended his criticism to healthcare and medical education, stressing that medicine rests on trust:
“Becoming a doctor and saving people’s lives is the noblest work, bound by the delicate thread of trust. When that trust is turned into business, malpractice begins – something that cannot be fixed with patchwork reforms. This system must be corrected from the root.”
Congress leaders have repeatedly argued that tech-driven reforms without safeguards are hurting students, and that commercialisation of education and healthcare needs stronger public oversight.
Education, jobs and youth opportunity were key themes in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and remain central to Congress’s attack strategy. With fresh exam disruptions and leak allegations keeping the issue alive, the government’s push for tighter security and better administration is being countered by the opposition’s charge that structural flaws run deeper.
As millions of students wait for clarity on exams and admissions, accountability in the education sector is set to stay a hot political battleground.
