The controversy surrounding the NEET paper leak reverberated in the Parliament during the swearing-in ceremony of newly-elected lawmakers on the 24th of June. Slogans such as 'NEET' and 'shame' were raised by the opposition members when Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan took oath as a member of Lok Sabha.
The NTA has been in the eye of a storm over alleged paper leaks and subsequent cancellation of the UGC-NET exam and postponement of NEET-PG exams.
The Centre had on Saturday night removed NTA Director General Subodh Kumar Singh and put him on "compulsory wait" till further orders.
The CBI on Sunday took over the probe into alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG following a reference from the Union education ministry.