India, June 22 -- Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge of the Congress escalated his counter-attack on BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over three students missing the NEET-UG re-examination in Bengaluru, and challenged the central government to have Prime Minister Narendra Modi face students without a "curated" setting.

He also demanded the resignation of the chairperson of the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the medical entrance test NEET-UG, and Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

"I challenge you to put the Prime Minister for a 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' along with Tejasvi Surya and all the students. You think the students are going to talk to them in a curated fashion?" Kharge said while speaking to reporters, referring to ...