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From the Urdu Press: ‘NEET leak accountability must be fixed’; ‘CM Satheesan is Cong’s best bet in Kerala
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By Rasmi Ranjan KhuntiaPublished: May 20, 2026, 11:10 AM • 1 min read

Two weeks after he led the Congress-led UDF to power in Kerala, V D Satheesan took oath as the Chief Minister after several days of intense lobbying and marathon deliberations. The Urdu dailies kept up with this story, which marked the culmination of the recent round of the Assembly elections. The dailies also put a spotlight on two other key stories of the week — the scrapping of the NEET-UG exam due to alleged paper leak and the hike in fuel prices, both of which have had a huge resonance among common people.
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