Protests over the alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate), or NEET, results have intensified nationwide.

In Kanpur, on Friday, June 7, aspirants raised slogans against the National Testing Agency (NTA), the body responsible for conducting the medical entrance exam.

Simultaneously, the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress, took up the cause on behalf of the NEET aspirants on Friday.

Protests in Kanpur

In the Kakadev area of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, hundreds of medical aspirants marched through the streets.

Many also gathered in front of coaching institutes, demanding a re-conduct of NEET and a CBI investigation into the matter.

Videos of medical aspirants chanting slogans such as “We want justice,” “NTA teri tanasahi nahin chalegi” (NTA, your dictatorship will not last), and “NTA chor hai” (NTA is a thief) have been circulating on social media.

The X (formerly Twitter) account "Indian Doctor" shared some of these videos, stating, “Aggressive physical protest in #Kanpur by #NEET aspirants against widespread paper leaks in #NEET. Now students are taking to the streets.”