New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Center after NTA’s decision to cancel the NEET-UG entrance exam, saying the hard work of students has been crushed by the “corrupt BJP regime”.“In a post on Twitter, Rahul hit out at the Centre, saying, “Amrit kaal has turned into poison kaal.”Rahul said, “NEET 2026 exam has been cancelled. The hard work, sacrifices and dreams of more than 22 lakh students have been crushed by this corrupt BJP regime. Some fathers took loans, some mothers sold their jewelery and lakhs of children stayed up all night studying.”“And in return they got paper leaks, government negligence and organized corruption in education,” he said. Congress The leader also termed the incident as a “crime against the future of the youth”.He said, “This is not just a failure – it is a crime against the future of the youth. Every time, paper mafias get away while honest students suffer the punishment. Now, lakhs of students will once again suffer the same mental stress, financial burden and uncertainty.”He said, “If one’s destiny is not decided by hard work but by money and connections, then what is the point of education? The Prime Minister’s so-called Amrit Kaal has become Poisson Kaal for the country.”comes after this National Testing Agency Canceled the NEET-UG 2026 exam held on May 3 and announced that the medical entrance exam will be re-conducted on new dates to be notified separately. The move came after allegations of a massive “estimate paper” leak that plunged the exam into a nationwide controversy.The government has also ordered a comprehensive Central Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged irregularities surrounding the examination, in which about 22.79 lakh students in India and abroad appeared.The development comes days after investigators uncovered evidence that a question set described by officials as a “guess paper” was circulated among candidates weeks before the exam and reportedly contained a large number of questions that closely resembled the actual NEET paper.“Based on the information examined by the NTA in coordination with the central agencies and the investigation findings shared by the law enforcement agencies, the National Testing Agency, with the approval of the Government of India, has decided to cancel the NEET-UG 2026 examination held on May 3, 2026 and re-conduct the examination on dates to be notified separately,” the agency posted on X.It said, “Combined with the inputs received by the NTA and the findings shared by the law enforcement agencies, it has been established that the current examination process cannot be allowed to persist. The dates of the re-conducted examination, along with the re-released admit card schedule, will be communicated through the official channels of the agency in the coming days.”