NEET Paper Leak: Students’ Protest Turns Chaotic In Hyderabad As Protesters Try To Storm Union Minister Kishan Reddy’s Residence

NEET Paper Leak: A protest organised by various students’ bodies over the alleged paper leak and irregularities in NEET-UG 2024 exams, turned chaotic in Telangana capital Hyderabad on Friday as several protesters tried to storm the residence of Union Minister G Kishan Reddy. However, the attempts were thwarted by the police who dispersed the protesting students and detained several student leaders.
As per reports, student leaders and members of various students bodies– National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Students’ Federation of India (SFI), All India Students’ Federation (AISF) and Progressive Democratic Student’s Union (PDSU)– staged a protest demonstration outside Reddy’s Hyderabad residence and attempted to forcibly enter the premises.

Several people were detained after members of the NSUI, SFI, AISF, PDSU, PYL, TJS protest outside the residence of Union Minister Kishan Reddy over NEET exam irregularities.
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The protest, held under the leadership of NSUI Hyderabad chief Abhijit Yadav, saw a large number of students march towards Reddy’s home, but their attempts were thwarted by a police contingent deployed there, who intervened leading to chaos outside the minister’s house.
The protesting students raised slogans against the National Testing Agency (NTA), demanding that the body be abolished following the alleged irregularities and paper leaks in the NEET-UG and UGC-NET competitive exams.
Several student leaders were detained by the police and taken to the Kachiguda police station, officials said.
NSUI locks NTA HQ in Delhi
On Thursday, NSUI staged massive protests in New Delhi with members of the Congress-affiliated students’ body forcibly entering the NTA headquarters and locking its office.
NSUI members, led by its national president Varun Choudhary, stormed the agency’s Okhla-based headquarters during a protest and staged a sit-in inside the NTA office for nearly an hour but left by the time senior police officers reached the spot.
Visuals shared on social media showed NSUI members raising “shut down NTA” slogans inside the building of the agency. It also showed students locking the NTA office with an iron lock and chain.
“The NTA officials had locked the door from inside as students were protesting. Subsequently, the protesters also locked the door from outside with an iron chain and lock,” a police officer said.
“No more Corrupt NTA. #NTA BAN,” read a message pasted on the iron lock and chain.
NEET-UG Paper Leak
The protests come amidst a raging controversy over paper leaks and alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG 2024 examination which has sparked massive protests across the country.
The row erupted following the declaration of NEET-UG 2024 results which saw an unprecedented 67 candidates securing a perfect score of 720/720, bringing the competitive test under the scanner and triggering protests across against the NTA after it was discovered that the NEET question paper was leaked in several states ahead of the exams.
The probe has been taken over by the CBI who made first arrests in the NEET-UG paper leak case on Thursday.
(With inputs from agencies)