India, Aug. 3 -- What began as a protest seeking accountability for a paper leak has, over the last few weeks, turned into a ground for activities that have no relation, direct or distant, to NEET, to exams, or to education. The protest lost its way, lost its path and lost its vision quite a while back. Anyone still lending it support today is doing so out of vested interest, not out of concern for students.

Let us be clear about the facts first, because facts are what this entire agitation was supposedly built on.

NEET-UG 2026 was held on May 3 this year, with over 22 lakh aspirants appearing across the country, out of nearly 22.75 lakh who had registered. Within days, reports emerged that a "guess paper" circulating before the exam ha...