India, July 26 -- Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday questioned the rationale of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of a new high-powered task force on examination reforms, arguing that the Centre has yet to implement recommendations made by a committee set up after the 2024 NEET paper leak controversy. Modi's announcement came a day after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as education minister amid massive GenZ-led protests spurred by the Cockroach Janta Party.

Reacting to the PM's post announcing that a task force headed by Nandan Nilekani had been constituted, Ramesh drew parallels between the government's response to the 2024 and 2026 exam controversies.

Referring to the committee led by former ISRO chief Dr K Rad...