"Hollow assurance": AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal questions PM Modi's push to set up fast-track courts for paper leak cases

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on bringing a law to establish fast-track courts for paper leak cases, alleging that the "hollow" assurance was contradicted by developments in the 2024 NEET paper leak case.

In a post on X, Kejriwal said, "At 12:00 last night, the Prime Minister released a video and told the whole country that a law would be brought in Parliament on Monday to build fast-track courts for paper leak cases. How hollow and how false this assurance of the Prime Minister is, it was proved only yesterday."

Referring to the 2024 NEET paper leak case, Kejriwal claimed that Sanjeev Mukhia, whom he said had earlier been described as the mastermind, had been granted bail and further alleged that the CBI had told a court that no evidence had been found against him.


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"So if Sanjeev Mukhia is not the mastermind according to the CBI, who is the mastermind? CBI did not tell the name of the mastermind. This means that in the 2024 paper leak, no one leaked that paper. Is this how you will build fast-track courts?" he questioned.

The former Delhi CM further questioned the effectiveness of the proposed fast-track courts if, according to him, evidence was not presented against the accused.

"Why do you want to save the paper leak mafia? Why are you giving such false and hollow assurances to the country? The youth of the whole country is suffering," Kejriwal said in the post.

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The AAP leader also alleged that no steps had been taken to prevent future paper leaks and questioned the government's intent in tackling the issue.

"If you have to release the masterminds of the paper leak mafia, if you do not have to collect evidence, if you do not have to investigate, if you have to get them bail, if you have to release them from jail, then what will these fast-track courts do? Prime Minister, there is a flaw in your intention," he said.

This comes after PM Modi promised that "more strict" action would be taken against paper leaks as the CJP-led protests continue over the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG 2026 examination.

In a self-recorded video shared on X, the Prime Minister announced that the Union Cabinet will take up a draft Bill providing for Fast-Track Courts and stringent punishment for offenders. he said, "I have issued directions to departments to set up Fast-Track Courts."

Along with the video, the Prime Minister wrote, "More strict actions against paper leaks to come in tomorrow's Cabinet!

In the video, PM Modi said, "Friends, I know that paper leaks are not an ordinary matter. For lakhs of students and their parents, it is extremely painful. And that is why, in the last two and a half months since the paper leak incidents, several major steps have been taken. The culprits have been caught; they are currently in jail."

The Opposition has been demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and a detailed discussion on the NEET paper leak issue in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, with the controversy triggering protests inside and outside the House.