Arya Singh, a NEET-UG 2026 candidate from Kanpur, along with her father, former soldier Rakesh Singh, has initiated a sit-in protest outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in Delhi. They are challenging the NTA’s rejection of allegations that Arya’s examination results were tampered with. The protest comes after the NTA dismissed claims from multiple candidates concerning discrepancies between their results and the optical mark recognition (OMR) answer sheets. According to the agency, the images circulating online were either fabricated, digitally manipulated, or artificially generated, and did not align with the official records.
Arya Singh claims that her NEET-UG 2026 re-examination score was altered post-announcement, stating that her original score of 570 marks was inexplicably revised to 167. She argues that there were mistakes on the OMR sheet provided by the NTA, including a missing question number and repeated serial numbers. After she raised these issues, Arya alleges that the agency sent her a revised OMR sheet showing a score of 609 marks.
Unconvinced by the NTA’s explanation, Rakesh Singh has vowed to continue the protest until they receive satisfactory responses. He has also called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in what he describes as irregularities within the examination process. This controversy is linked to the NEET-UG 2026 re-exam, conducted on June 21 following the cancellation of the initial exam in May due to allegations of a paper leak. Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation is still probing the case.
The NTA has firmly denied these allegations, maintaining that all original OMR sheets are consistent with the declared scores. They assert that the official examination documents are secured with identifiers such as barcodes and QR codes to prevent any tampering. Despite the agency’s assurances, the protest underscores ongoing concerns among candidates about the integrity of the examination process.