New Delhi, May 19:
Congress chief whip in the Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh on Monday moved a privilege notice against Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for allegedly lowering the dignity of Parliament with remarks made at a press conference after the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak.
A parliamentary panel is also reviewing the implementation of reforms in the National Testing Agency (NTA) following the NEET-UG paper leak and has summoned NTA Chairperson Pradeep Kumar Joshi and other bureaucrats.
On May 21, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports will seek the views of top education ministry officials on the alleged paper leak and reforms in the NTA, which holds centralised admission tests to various undergraduate courses, according to a Rajya Sabha notice.
The panel, headed by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, has summoned Vineet Joshi, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, and NTA Chairperson Pradeep Kumar Joshi.
In his notice submitted to Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan, Ramesh said that during a press conference on May 15 after the cancellation of the NEET-UG exam, Pradhan made some “derogatory” remarks against a parliamentary committee, which “reveal his contempt for Parliament”. ”I have given notice of a question of privilege under Rule 187 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States against the Union Minister of Education for having lowered the dignity of Parliament and Parliamentary Committees.