New Delhi/Bhopal, July 27, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh on Monday said that a tougher law against examination paper leaks alone would not address the country’s broader education challenges and called for a comprehensive discussion on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
Singh’s remarks came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the formation of a high-powered task force to recommend measures aimed at making India’s examination system more transparent, secure and technology-driven. The Prime Minister also announced that the Centre would bring a stringent anti-paper leak law in Parliament.
Reacting to the developments, Singh’s office said in a post on X that strengthening the paper leak law would not be enough to resolve the crisis and argued that the government should hold discussions on NEP 2020 with state education ministers before moving ahead with further reforms.
“If the New Education Policy 2020 had been discussed in Parliament, this situation would not have happened today,” the statement said.
Singh, who served as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education from September 2024 to June 2026, also stressed the need for greater decentralisation in education policy.
“In a country like India, decentralisation of power is necessary and not centralisation. Education should be kept completely in the State List of the Indian Constitution,” he said.
The Congress leader’s comments came amid a political debate over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak controversy, with the government facing demands for stronger safeguards in competitive examinations.
The task force announced by Prime Minister Modi will examine reforms to improve the examination framework and includes experts from the fields of science, technology, intelligence and education. The proposed panel includes former UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani, former ISRO chief S. Somnath, former Intelligence Bureau Director Tapan Deka, IIT Madras Director V. Kamakoti, former Education Secretary Anita Karwal and senior bureaucrat Amrit Lal Meena, among others.
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