New Delhi, June 17 -- In a commencement to his nationwide "Echo of Students" campaign, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday addressed the issues regarding the re-examination of NEET after the alleged suicide of two aspirants in Sikar and Dehradun.

In a message shared on the social media platform X, Gandhi mourned the recent tragic loss of two young lives--Umesh in Sikar and Riya in Dehradun--who died allegedly by suicide amid the "pressure" surrounding the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination.

"I've set out for Kota, but two names are echoing in my heart: Umesh and Riya. Yesterday, Umesh in Sikar and Riya in Dehradun--both ended their lives under the pressure of Re-NEET. 22- and 23-year-old kids--who were meant t...