TET 2026 postponed due to police action, not paper leak: Fadnavis hits back at Rahul Gandhi

Maharashtra Chief Minister CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the Teacher Eligibility Test TET 2026 was postponed because of the polices prompt action against those involved in the alleged paper leak and not because the question paper had already been leaked He also rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhis criticism of the state governmentAccording to news agency PTI Fadnavis said the revised schedule for the examination would be announced soon and assured candidates that the government would ensure the test is conducted fairlyResponding to Gandhis remarks on the TET issue the Maharashtra CM said the Congress leader often travels abroad and may not have complete information about the developmentsThe government had acted proactively and arrested the accused in the case resulting in the postponement of the TET exam The prompt action had helped avert similar incidents in several states Fadnavis told reportersHe said Maharashtra Police arrested those involved before the paper leak could affect the examinationThe examination was postponed because of our action not after the paper had leaked The Maharashtra Police acted before the incident and we are ensuring that the examination is conducted in a fair manner The new dates will be announced soon added FadnavisFadnavis says Maharashtra action exposed interstate paper leak racketAccording to him the accused were part of an interstate network and Maharashtras timely action exposed a racket operating across multiple statesThe accused are interstate criminals By taking timely action Maharashtra has effectively prevented paper leak operations in many states he saidGandhi seeks fresh exam date action against accusedThe TET 2026 examination was postponed on June 27 a day before it was scheduled to be held after police in Thane uncovered an alleged leak of a portion of the question paper and arrested three personsSubsequent investigations led to more arrests taking the total number of accused to 10The alleged paper leak which came in the wake of the National Eligibility Entrance Test Undergraduate controversy has affected nearly six lakh candidates across MaharashtraTET paper leak row Rahul Gandhi seeks accountability Fadnavis respondsEarlier in the day Gandhi demanded that the state government immediately announce a fresh examination date take action against those responsible for the alleged leak and grant agelimit relaxation to affected candidatesIn a Facebook post in Hindi Gandhi wrote The Maharashtra TET paper was leaked and the exam was cancelled Six lakh candidates are left in limbo Two weeks have passed yet we have no information on a new dateChief Minister Devendra Fadnavis three things are needed today Timeline Announce the new TET date immediatelyAccountability Action must be taken against those responsible for the leak not the candidatesSafeguarding the future Grant agelimit relaxation to those whose year has been wasted due to this leak he addedHitting back Fadnavis questioned whether Gandhi had made the remarks from India or abroadFadnavis hits back at Rahul Gandhi SIT tracks TET leak rackets financial trailHe is often abroad and may not have complete information Rahul Gandhi should first look at his own party and governments before making such statements the CM saidMeanwhile a Special Investigation Team SIT is tracking the financial and digital trail of the alleged masterminds behind the racket Bijendra Kumar Gupta and Sonukumar KishanlalAccording to officials the SIT has found that the network extended across Delhi Agra Bihar and HaryanaResponding to a question about former bureaucrat RVS Manis reported claim of a nexus between the Congress and Pakistans ISI Fadnavis described the allegation as extremely shockingI had raised some of these issues in the Assembly at that time and had even referred to the available intelligence inputs This statement is very disturbing I expect a proper inquiry into the matter he saidWith PTI inputs