Actor and BJP MP Ravi Kishan spoke about the ongoing controversy around the NEET paper leak on Tuesday, saying those involved should be given the “harshest punishment”. However, while talking about the issue, he faced a slip-up, calling NEET a ‘newspaper.’ The actor, who is known for such slips of the tongue, is facing backlash on the internet over the same.

Ravi Kishan calls NEET a newspaper

He spoke to the media outside the Parliament House about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on the issue. He said in Hindi, “The 13 criminals (NEET paper leak case) who have been caught, they should be given the harshest punishment. By hiring the top lawyers, we will ensure they get the strictest sentence so that in the future, no one in India dares to play with the lives of children or has the audacity to leak the NEET newspaper.”