Siddaramaiah also stated that NEET UG should be replaced once again with state-level exams. “In Karnataka and several other states, admission to medical education used to happen transparently through CET examinations. After Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014, the earlier system was changed and NEET was introduced in 2016. In the last ten years, the question paper has leaked five times. Students prepare for NEET for an entire year. Many spend thousands of rupees on coaching centres. Those with money can afford repeated coaching, while poor and rural students cannot. Since the Modi government came to power, discrimination has increased. This is proof that poor people, Dalits, backward classes, and minorities are being neglected,” he stated.
