On June 5, 2026, two days after the first reports emerged about Akanksha Chaturvedi – a NEET aspirant from Madhya Pradesh who died by suicide after her exam was cancelled due to a paper leak – Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s X feed had other priorities. Birthday wishes for CM Yogi Adityanath. Applause for PM Modi’s #EkPedMaaKeNaam campaign. The usual.
Just weeks ago, the CBSE’s Class 12 re-evaluation process had run into its own controversy, with serious questions raised by students around the tendering process and cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
