Bharatiya Janata Party MP Raghav Chadha broke silence on the NEET paper leak issue on Thursday and answered why he did not speak up on the matter until now. He said now that he sits on the treasury benches, it is his responsibility to find solutions to the problem.
“I would also like to say something to my well-wishers who had been telling me for some time, ‘Raghav, when will you speak on the NEET issue? We want to hear you.’ I want to say very humbly, sir: when I used to sit in the opposition, then the question was my weapon; today I sit on the treasury benches, today the solution is my responsibility,” Chadha said in Rajya Sabha.
He said that he could have appeared in front of camera every day to say something but he did want a “headline”, rather he wanted an “outcome”.
“When I was in the opposition, my job was to raise issues and raise questions, and the whole House and you know I did that job with full honesty. But today my role is not to mark attendance in front of the camera; my focus is to fix the system, Chadha said.
“Therefore, I made a promise to myself that I would speak on this issue in Parliament and I would speak on the day when we are solving the problem, bringing a solution, when the system is getting fixed. And today is that historic day when the system is getting fixed,” he added.
The Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab also said that the proposed bill to prevent paper leaks will help make the system stronger and exams “more secure”.
“The exam will be fair. Merit will be respected. The mafia will be in jail. The government will be the watchman. The action will be powerful. Students will win. Mafia will lose. Jai Hind,” Chadha said.
Chadha made the remarks during the discussion on the Public Examinations (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which came up in the Rajya Sabha a day after it was passed by the Lok Sabha.
Raghav Chadha ‘in support’ of students
Chadha also voiced his support for students in the Parliament and said that the BJP-led government responded to their concerns by delivering on their key demands.
“I have earned the right to say my next sentence with full conviction and sincerity: that when it came to our students and the youth of India, the government heard, the government actioned, and the government delivered,” he said.
Chadha’s remarks come after the nation-wide student protests forced education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.
