Every year, millions of Indian families make enormous sacrifices so that their children can pursue a better future. Parents sell land, take loans, work overtime, and give up their own dreams so that their sons and daughters can prepare for competitive examinations like NEET.

 

Students spend years locked in coaching centres and study rooms. They miss festivals, family functions, friendships, and often their own childhoods. Many wake up before sunrise and sleep after midnight, driven by one dream: to become a doctor.

Then one day, because of failures in the system, that dream is shattered.

The NEET-UG paper leak scandal has affected more than 22 lakh students across India. A national examination that was supposed to reward hard work and merit became a symbol of uncertainty, mistrust, and administrative failure. Investigations by multiple agencies have uncovered alleged leak networks, arrests, and evidence of organised malpractice.

 

But behind every statistic is a human life.

A 22-year-old aspirant from Rajasthan who expected to score around 650 marks reportedly died by suicide after being devastated by the cancellation and re-examination process.

A 21-year-old aspirant from Uttar Pradesh reportedly took his own life after the cancellation.

A 17-year-old student from Goa also reportedly died by suicide while struggling with the emotional burden created by the controversy.

 

No examination should ever cost a young Indian his or her life.

These students did not fail the system.

The system failed them.

As Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan is the highest political authority

responsible for the functioning of India's education and examination ecosystem.

Whether or not he had any personal involvement in the leak is not the issue.

 

The issue is accountability.

When a national examination affecting millions of students is compromised, when investigations reveal widespread irregularities, when students lose faith in the examination process, and when young lives are lost amid the resulting despair, responsibility cannot simply disappear into bureaucracy.

In every functioning democracy, accountability starts at the top.

 

We therefore demand:

** Immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on grounds of moral and administrative responsibility.
** A Supreme Court-monitored or fully independent investigation into the NEET paper leak scandal.
**Publication of all findings and names of officials found responsible.
**Structural reform or complete overhaul of the National Testing Agency.
**Criminal prosecution of every individual involved in paper leaks and examination fraud.
**Compensation and psychological support for affected students and families.
**Parliamentary review of all national examination security systems.

This petition is not about politics.

It is about India's students.

It is about every parent who sacrificed for their child.

It is about every student who studied honestly while others allegedly bought unfair advantages.

And it is about ensuring that no young Indian ever feels that years of hard work can be destroyed by corruption, negligence, or incompetence.

 

If there must be responsibility, it must begin at the top.

Sign this petition to demand accountability, justice, and protection of India's students.