LUCKNOW, May 15 -- Students from various organisations have staged protests at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) and Lucknow University on Thursday against the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak and the country's growing examination scam crisis.

In BBAU, Students' Federation of India (SFI) led the protest burning an effigy of union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan at Gate No. 1. The protesters termed the National Testing Agency (NTA) a 'corrupt body' and demanded its immediate dissolution along with the minister's resignation.

SFI unit secretary Sapan, and Manjesh alleged that the NTA has consistently failed to conduct secure examinations, suggesting that the paper leak is a result of government-protected coaching mafias. Another a...