Kanpur NEET 2026 candidate alleges result score changed multiple times, NTA rejects claim

Kanpur: After the National Testing Agency (NTA) rejected allegations about discrepancies in the OMR sheets of certain candidates who appeared for the NEET 2026 re-exam and declared them altered and fabricated, one of these candidates has come forwar, claiming that her NEET 2026 re-exam result marks changed multiple times on the official website.

Demanding that her original OMR sheet be released by the agency, the NEET candidate from Kanpur joined a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday, alleging discrepancies in her re-NEET result.

The candidate, a resident of Panki Ratanpur in Kanpur, joined the protest along with her father, a former Army personnel. Holding placards with the slogan, "Show us the marksheet," the family alleged that the marks displayed on the NTA portal were inconsistent.

As per a latest media report by TOI, the candidate claimed that she had calculated her expected score as 609 marks based on the official final answer key. However, when the re-NEET result was announced on Thursday night, the website initially showed 540 marks. She claimed that when she checked the result again around 2 am, her score had changed to 167 marks.

Alleging that the result changed more than once, she demanded that the NTA release her original OMR sheet and explain the discrepancy. Her father has also appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in the matter.

Her father accused the NTA of claiming that the marksheet sent earlier was not her daughter's and was fake. He said that if the authorities fail to provide a satisfactory response or rectify the issue within two days, the family will move court.

The student has reportedly submitted complaints to Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the NTA via email and the social media platform X, enclosing supporting documents, including her OMR sheet, proof of answer key challenge submission, the revised OMR record and the final answer key, while seeking an official clarification.

In response to the allegation, the NTA on its official X handle issued a clarification and rejected the allegation made by the candidate. The agency said it had verified her records and confirmed that the original OMR sheet was with the NTA.

It added that the same OMR sheet had already been emailed to her during the OMR response key challenge window. According to the NTA, the OMR sheet being circulated was a digitally altered version of the original, with the invigilator's signature time changed from 3:45 pm to 2:45 pm, along with several other digital modifications. The agency said her score of 167 marks had been verified and would remain unchanged.

It also warned that creating or circulating a forged OMR sheet is an offence under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.

Medical Dialogues had also reported that responding to widespread allegations regarding discrepancies in the OMR sheets of certain candidates who appeared for the NEET 2026 re-exam and whose sheets were being circulated on social media, the National Testing Agency (NTA) issued a clarification stating the sheets are digitally manipulated documents, that the results declared are accurate, and the genuine OMR of every candidate concerned is on record with NTA.

In a statement issued on July 20, 2026, the agency said that it received complaints about images of OMR answer sheets, said to be the "correct" record of certain candidates who appeared in NEET (UG) 2026, being circulated on social media in support of claims that the results declared against those candidates are wrong.

On this, the agency clarified that the genuine OMR answer sheet of every candidate concerned, bearing the correct Roll Number, Test Booklet Number, Answer Sheet barcode and serial, Test Booklet Code, and the candidate's own name and parentage in the candidate's own hand, together with the signatures and thumb impression of the candidate and the two invigilators, is on record with NTA. It was made available to the candidate at the registered e-mail address and on the candidate portal.

The NTA further stated that the scores declared for all such candidates are fully consistent with the original OMR answer sheets, the official NEET (UG) 2026 answer key, and the calculation sheets maintained by the agency. It asserted that there has been no evaluation error in these cases.

The controversy relates to the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination held on June 21 after the NTA cancelled the original May 3 examination following allegations of a paper leak. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating the alleged leak, has arrested 13 people in the case and is expected to file a chargesheet later this month.

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