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Opposition asks Centre to disband NTA after NET errors
Telegraph India··18 Aug
Opposition parties on 17 August asked the Centre to disband the National Testing Agency after it ordered a retest of three UGC-NET papers. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation was a first step, not the last. CPI general secretary D. Raja sought decentralised exams through public institutions. Student groups protested outside the NTA office in Delhi.
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What It Means For You
- If you sat UGC-NET in English, commerce or sociology in June 2026, the agency has already ordered a retest of those three papers.
- Anyone who followed the NEET protests can note Pradhan resigned on 25 July and opposition parties now want the NTA itself dissolved.
- If you are an NSUI, SFI or AISA member, those groups protested at the NTA office and Shastri Bhawan on 17 August.
What's Happening
- On 17 August 2026, opposition leaders and student groups demanded that the NTA be disbanded.
- The call followed the agency's decision to re-conduct three UGC-NET papers after question-paper errors.
- Gandhi said Pradhan's July resignation was the first step, not the last.
How NTA Came Under Repeated Exam Scrutiny
- NEET-UG 2026 was cancelled after a paper leak, affecting about 2.2 million candidates and leading to Pradhan's resignation.
- A committee found factual, typographical and translation errors in three June NET papers, affecting over 20000 candidates.
- CPI(M) has long sought scrapping of both the NTA and NEP 2020, a demand it renewed after the retest notice.
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