Nilekani-led task force a damage control exercise by PM: Congress
Modi government showed no political will or sincerity in implementing the Radhakrishnan Committee Report, alleges Congress Jairam Ramesh
The Congress party has criticized the government's Nandan Nilekani-led task force as a damage control exercise aimed at salvaging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's image, following the recent leak of exam papers. Jairam Ramesh, the Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, pointed out that the Modi government followed a similar approach after the NEET-UG paper leak in 2024, when it set up a K. Radhakrishnan-led High-Level Committee of Experts to suggest reforms to the examination system.
Ramesh cited a new analysis of the Nilekani Committee's terms of reference, which revealed that seven of its nine mandates were fully addressed and the remaining two were partially addressed by the Radhakrishnan Committee. The Congress party further alleged that the Modi government has not implemented 27 of the Radhakrishnan Committee's 101 recommendations and did not even appoint a full-time Director General of NTA for the two years between 2024 and 2026, despite the previous leaks.
The Nilekani Task Force, according to the Congress, is merely a PR exercise by a beleaguered Prime Minister whose image has suffered damage within his own ecosystem.
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