Arya Singh, a NEET-UG 2026 candidate from Kanpur, along with her father, former soldier Rakesh Singh, has journeyed to Delhi to conduct a sit-in protest outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office. Their demonstration follows the agency’s rejection of allegations that her examination results had been tampered with. The protest comes on the heels of an NTA statement that dismissed claims from several candidates, asserting that discrepancies between their results and OMR answer sheets were unfounded. The agency maintained that images shared on social media were altered or artificially generated and did not align with official records.
Arya Singh has voiced concerns that her score from the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination was modified after the results were initially released. She reported that her score was originally displayed as 570 marks, which was later inexplicably reduced to 167. Singh contended that the OMR sheet provided by the NTA was flawed, containing a missing question number and repeated serial numbers. After she raised her objections, she alleged that the agency sent a different OMR sheet, this time reflecting a score of 609 marks.
Rakesh Singh expressed the family’s dissatisfaction with the NTA’s explanations and stated their intention to continue protesting until they receive adequate answers. He has also called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to step in, urging him to address what he described as irregularities in the examination process.
The NTA, however, has stood firm in its denial of these allegations, assuring that all original OMR sheets are consistent with the declared scores. They emphasized that official examination documents are equipped with secure identifiers such as barcodes and QR codes to prevent tampering.
This controversy has its roots in the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination, which was held on June 21 following the cancellation of the initial exam in May due to allegations of a paper leak. The Central Bureau of Investigation is actively investigating the matter to uncover the truth behind these claims.