"To date, no one has been convicted in a paper leak case. Every paper leak sends a message to students that their hard work has no value in the eyes of the government," he said. Targeting the Centre over the handling of the NEET paper leak cases, the Congress leader alleged that the main accused in the 2024 NEET paper leak case, Sanjeev Mukhiya, had been given a clean chit. He further claimed that when the 2026 NEET paper leak case came up for hearing recently, the CBI's lawyer failed to appear during the first hearing. "Today the government talks about fast-track courts, but the main accused in the 2024 NEET paper leak, Sanjeev Mukhiya, was given a clean chit.