A video of the BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria is being shared on social media (here, here, and here) claiming that Gulab Chand Kataria choked up while he was speaking about the irregularities in conducting the NEET exam. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria was emotional while speaking over the irregularities in the NEET exam in Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha.
Fact: The video dates to 2022, featuring the then Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria addressing the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly during the budget session. Here, he discusses The Rajasthan Public Examination (Measures for Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Bill, 2022, and the irregularities in government job recruitment. Moreover, Congress leader Tika Ram Jully is the current Leader of the Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Gulab Chand Kataria was appointed as the Governor of Assam in February 2023. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Upon performing a reverse image search using keyframes from the viral video, we discovered that several news channels had published this speech on their YouTube channels (here and here). The video dates to 24 March 2022, featuring the then Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria addressing the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly during the budget session.
In the video, Gulab Chand discusses The Rajasthan Public Examination (Measures for Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Bill, 2022. He outlined provisions for the imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine of ₹10 crores for offences such as paper leaks and cheating in recruitment exams. These provisions also include the attachment and confiscation of property.
He stated that government jobs are being sold to wealthy individuals and claimed that if a thorough investigation were conducted on all those who secured jobs in the last eight to ten years, half of them would be found to have obtained their positions fraudulently. Furthermore, he criticized coaching institutes for their role in recruitment exam irregularities, noting that they charge high fees, display large posters, and falsely claim 100% selection rates. He argued that these institutes are at the root of the problem and urged the government to target them to stop such irregularities. He became emotional while emphasizing that ignoring this issue would be unfair to the poor children of Rajasthan who struggle to study. Some families sell their farms or houses to afford education, and many parents sacrifice their needs to educate their children. It is heartbreaking for these families when their children are not selected despite their hard work. Many media reports referred to these statements while quoting his speech (here and here).
Moreover, congress leader Tika Ram Jully is the current Leader of the Opposition of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Gulab Chand Kataria was appointed as the Governor of Assam in February 2023.
To sum up, an old video of Gulab Chand Kataria is shared as if he choked while speaking about the irregularities in conducting the NEET exam.
