Doctors’ body barred from Parliamentary panel meeting on NEET after BJP objections

Key points

• United Doctors Front (UDF), which has been demanding the dissolution of the Testing Agency (NTA), was not allowed to depose before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education headed by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, after protests from BJP MPs on Monday (June 1, 2026).
• The Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, chaired by senior Congress leader Mr. Singh, had convened a meeting on issues concerning the Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test- Undergraduate (NEET-UG) examination and the functioning of the NTA.
• It also weighed in on the merits of “pen-and-paper testing” versus “computer-based tests”.
• The agency has come under scrutiny following allegations of paper leaks and irregularities in the NEET-UG examination.
• According to the official notice, representatives of the UDF were listed among the witnesses for the meeting.