Bhubaneswar, May 24 -- The Odisha unit of All India Students' Federation (AISF) on Saturday intensified its protest against the alleged irregularities and paper leak in the NEET examination, demanding the resignation of union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on moral grounds.

As part of the agitation, AISF activists burnt an effigy of the minister and staged demonstrations condemning what they described as widespread corruption and mismanagement in the national-level medical entrance examination system. Protesters also symbolically displayed admit cards to highlight the alleged "commercialisation" of competitive examinations.

Raising serious concerns over repeated examination controversies, the student organisation demanded the aboli...