After the National Testing Agency (NTA) rejected allegations that its NEET-UG 2026 re-examination result had been changed and termed the OMR paper it distributed as “fabricated”, UP-based candidate Arya Singh and her father, an ex-serviceman, traveled to Delhi to stage a protest sit-in outside the agency’s office.
This comes after NTA issued a public notice rejecting allegations by several NEET-UG 2026 candidates that their results did not match their OMR answer sheets. The agency said the images circulating on social media were “fabricated, digitally altered or generated by artificial intelligence” and did not match its official records.
Speaking after leaving for Delhi, Arya’s father, Rakesh Singh, said that they are not satisfied with the NTA’s response and will continue their protest until they receive answers from the agency, Live Hindustan reported.
In response to a question about whether they would move to court, he said: “Everything will happen on time,” indicating that legal action will only be considered after all other options have been exhausted.
Father appeals to PM Modi
Rakesh Singh, a former soldier from Uttar Pradesh, also appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in the matter.
“He must look into the injustice meted out to students who work hard day and night. He must curb the arbitrariness of the NTA,” he said.
When he questioned the agency’s findings, he said the NTA should explain “who prepared the OMR I sent” and “who corrected it after the objection and sent it back”.
Arya Singh claimed that the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination result was changed after it was announced. According to her, her score was initially 570 but was reduced to 167 after a few hours.
She claimed that when she requested a copy of her Omani Riyal note through registered mail, she received one in which the number 77 was missing and the serial number 85 appeared twice. After she raised objection, she alleged that the NTA sent a corrected OMR sheet reflecting a score of 609. She also claimed that when the re-examination results were announced on Thursday night, her score was shown as 570 before it was revised to 167 on Friday morning.
Dismissing Arya’s claims and similar complaints by other candidates, the NTA said it had examined each representation on merit and found that the original OMR sheets in its possession matched the scores declared in every case reviewed.
The original screening documents carry unique barcodes, booklet numbers, answer sheets and QR codes linked to their secure records, the agency said. She confirmed that the announced grades matched the official answer key and calculation sheet.
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“The OMR papers submitted by the complainants are not the OMR answer papers issued by the agency but fabricated documents,” the NTA said, adding that this conclusion was arrived at after “forensic examination and records”.
The controversy relates to the rerun of the NEET-UG 2026 exam conducted on June 21 after the NTA canceled the original exam on May 3 following allegations of paper leakage. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating the alleged leak, has arrested 13 people in the case and is expected to file a chargesheet later this month.
