Why must a child say ‘sorry mummy-papa’, Trinamool MP asks as she tears into Centre over NEET suicides
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Centre over a spate of student suicides sparked by the cancellation of the NEET-UG examination last month, saying the cancellation of such exams does not appear to simply be an administrative failure but a “personal betrayal”. A banner shows photographs of students who allegedly took their lives following the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, during a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (PTI) “Twenty-one children have lost their lives,” TMC MP Sagarika Ghose said while speaking on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 in the Rajya Sabha. The bill aims forstricter punishment and time-bound trials for people accused of exam paper leaks. The lawmaker was referring to suicides that were reported due to the exam cancellation. “One young girl left a note, saying ‘sorry mummy, sorry papa, I do not have the courage to take another re-test.” “A child has gone because of the failure of this government and the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) has not said one word …




