Rahul Gandhi shared an emotional post on social media after meeting Rajesh, a father who lost his daughter Ria after the NEET paper leak, describing the grief that has consumed the family.
How the paper leak broke a family
Ria was preparing for the NEET exam when the paper leak led her to take her own life. The tragedy left her father Rajesh devastated. Rajesh met Rahul Gandhi in person and shared the pain of losing his daughter.
What the father asked Rahul Gandhi to do
Rajesh urged Rahul Gandhi to raise their voice in Parliament so that no other family has to go through the same pain. His appeal has come to represent the anguish of many families affected by the paper leak.
What Rahul Gandhi wrote in his post
After the meeting, Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) posted on X that Rajesh was so broken by grief over losing his daughter that everyone who saw him was moved to tears. He wrote that this was not just one family's pain, and that the paper leak had snatched children away from many such families.
Rahul Gandhi also shared a photo along with the post, writing, "Behind every name there is a mother, a father, for whom there is no tomorrow now."
He said the entire examination system needs to be rebuilt from scratch.
What happens next
Families like Rajesh's are demanding concrete steps to stop paper leaks and restore trust in the examination system. Rahul Gandhi's post has once again put the paper leak issue at the centre of political debate.
