NEW DELHI — A prominent national doctors’ association has formally petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi to dissolve the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the National Medical Commission (NMC). The sweeping demand comes in the immediate aftermath of the absolute cancellation of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Postgraduate and Undergraduate framework.
The United Doctors’ Front (UDF), a registered charitable trust, sent an urgent memorandum to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The medical body claimed that chronic administrative incompetence, corrupt operating practices, and recurring question paper leaks have completely decimated the credibility of India’s medical education governance.
The Triggering Catastrophe of the 2026 Paper Leak
The unprecedented escalation follows the national cancellation of the NEET-UG examination. Initially administered to over 22 lakh aspirants across the country on May 3, 2026, the high-stakes test was abruptly annulled by the central government following definitive evidence of compromised structural integrity. Investigative findings revealed that comprehensive “guess papers” had been systematically leaked and circulated across heavily encrypted networks.
Law enforcement agencies, including the Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG), confirmed that a single distributed document contained up to 410 questions, matching more than 100 questions of the official examination paper. The leak network reportedly spanned heavily across key hubs in Rajasthan, Haryana, and Maharashtra, forcing the Ministry of Education to hand over the criminal investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Allegations of Institutional Collusion and 2024 Connections
In the memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister, the doctors’ association emphasized that the current crisis is a direct, predictable continuation of the unaddressed structural failures observed during the widespread NEET 2024 paper leak scandal. The medical body strongly criticized the decision to set up the NTA as an autonomous society that relies on outsourced private agencies to manage high-security competitive examinations.
Furthermore, the petition leveled severe allegations against top-tier bureaucrats. The doctors’ front claimed that senior officials within the ministry and the apex testing body actively protected key suspects during previous investigative cycles. They noted that delays in submitting formal chargesheets enabled principal accused individuals from past scams to secure bail. The medical collective argued that the government’s pattern of rewarding or quietly reassigning compromised administrators—rather than enforcing strict penal termination—directly fostered an environment of total impunity for organized exam cartels.
Failures Upstream: The Case Against the National Medical Commission
The demand for dissolution extends equally to the National Medical Commission (NMC). Healthcare advocates have pointed out that the apex regulatory body has failed across multiple operational metrics beyond entrance testing.
The commission faces intense criticism for its inability to curb massive medical college inspection scams, regulate skyrocketing, arbitrary institutional fees, and enforce basic welfare mandates for resident doctors. The medical body pointed out that widespread issues—including severe stipend non-payment and illegal, excessive working hours—have directly triggered a parallel mental health crisis among young medical professionals nationwide.
Demands for Structural Replacement and Supreme Court Action
As alternative models, medical bodies are urging the Prime Minister to replace the NTA with a completely transparent, state-run examination matrix functioning strictly under Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) standards. Concurrently, parallel medical groups, including the Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA), have approached the Supreme Court of India.
The legal petitions seek the immediate formation of a high-powered independent monitoring committee, chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge and staffed with advanced cybersecurity experts, to oversee any forthcoming re-examinations. The medical community maintains that simple re-tests or localized suspensions are entirely inadequate, warning that nothing short of the complete dismantling of the NTA and NMC can restore public trust among millions of devastated students and families.
