Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said Wednesday that India's education system is rigged.

The accusations come amid intensifying student protests over NEET paper leaks, placing direct pressure on the government to address systemic failures in national examination security.

Speaking during a session of the Lok Sabha in New Delhi, Gandhi said there have been 152 paper leaks in the last decade [1]. He said there has not been a single conviction resulting from these incidents [2].

Gandhi used the figures to argue that the administrative failures are not accidental but systemic. He said the focus has to be on the education system, on paper leaks, and on the cost that these children have been forced to pay.

Because of these alleged failures, Gandhi called for the removal of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. He said Pradhan should be shown the door.

The remarks align with ongoing demonstrations at Jantar Mantar, where students and activists have demanded accountability for the leakages. Gandhi's intervention in parliament serves to link the grassroots student frustration with a formal legislative demand for ministerial accountability.

He said that the lack of legal consequences for those responsible for the leaks undermines the meritocracy of the Indian education system. By highlighting the zero-conviction rate [2], he suggested that the state is failing to protect the academic future of millions of students.

“There have been 152 paper leaks in the last decade and not a single conviction.”

This escalation by the Leader of the Opposition transforms a series of administrative scandals into a broader political challenge for the current government. By citing a decade of data, Gandhi is attempting to frame the NEET leaks not as isolated incidents, but as a persistent pattern of corruption that necessitates a change in leadership at the Ministry of Education.