Srinagar, July 27 -- By Aabroo Hussain

There is a particular type of humiliation in discovering that the test you sacrificed years for was rigged before you ever sat down to take it.

That humiliation, multiplied by two million candidates, is what set off the largest student mobilization India has witnessed in a generation, and it explains why a satirical campaign named after a cockroach ended a cabinet minister's career.

The facts are stark enough on their own.

On May 3, 2026, more than 2.2 million students sat for NEET-UG, the exam that determines who gets to study medicine in India.

Within days, investigators found that a leaked question paper matched the real one.

The National Testing Agency cancelled the exam. The government ord...