# Congress attacks PM Modi after NTA orders UGC-NET retest for 3 papers 2026-08-17T05:42:41+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 4 independent outlets The Congress on Monday attacked the government after the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced a retest for three papers of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination, English, Commerce and Sociology, following complaints of factual, typographical and translation errors. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asked why students should bear the punishment for the NTA's mistakes and whether the Prime Minister will speak about his own responsibility. The retests are scheduled for September 9 and 10. Rahul Gandhi called the examination system an 'extraction machine' that takes students' money, years and mental health without returning a job. He questioned whether the question papers were leaked before the exam and demanded accountability from the NTA leadership, saying former education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation was the first step. The NTA stated that the committee found errors including misspelt names of scholars, garbled book titles and repetition of questions from previous exams. ## Coverage - thehindu.com - newindianexpress.com - indiatoday.in - nationalheraldindia.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T05:56:05+00:00. Tags: Congress, Jairam Ramesh, Narendra Modi, NTA, UGC NET Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/congress-seeks-pm-modis-reply-as-nta-retests-3-ugc-net-papers/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/congress-seeks-pm-modis-reply-as-nta-retests-3-ugc-net-papers/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/