The recent breaking open of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) scam, where manipulation of massive crores worth of equipment, medicines, tenders, and more was found to be taking place, adds to the list of scandals and scams that have shaken the nation.
What has some people raising questions, though, is how all this has happened in very quick succession, all under the rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Now, corruption and scandals have taken place under practically every political party of India, even ones that are not in power. Congress, due to its long years of ruling, has plenty of scams and scandals under its belt. So does the Trinamool Congress, so does the Samajwadi Party, so does the Aam Aadmi Party, and so does any political party regardless of its size.
There is no political party or politician that is all pure, or in more colloquial language, ‘doodh ke dhule’. However, some observations have come up particularly about how the BJP has responded to these controversies, or the lack thereof as well.
Just in the past year, you can count the NEET exam paper leak, the Ram Mandir donation scam, the massive land buying by Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav and his family, particularly in areas that are soon to be developed, and more have taken place.
The pattern noticed here, though, is that the blame is often being pushed onto individuals, with the big faces of the party staying silent or mentioning other parties, calling it a conspiracy, along with no real action being taken against some of those individuals even.
They might be removed from their position if there is significant backlash, but they are then just placed in some other department or position, with no real consequences or punishment given.
Here we take a look at 5 such recent scams or scandals that have taken place under the current ruling party.
Dharmendra Pradhan And NEET
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG paper leak controversy is not isolated to just the one from this year, given that a similar paper leak took place in 2024.
This year, the only nationwide test for admission to undergraduate medical programs conducted by India’s National Testing Agency had over 2.27 million candidates sitting for it on May 3, 2026; however, less than two weeks later on May 12, 2026, the paper was cancelled after investigations revealed that the papers had been leaked as guess papers.
What followed was a massive case where NTA officials, middlemen supplying the papers, students, parents and more were rounded up in a country-wide investigation into the paper leaks.
In the midst of this, though, the innocent students and their parents held protests across the country, wondering what they did wrong, and that all their years of preparation were just cut off in a single move. Many also vocally called for the resignation of not just the NTA officials, but also the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan as well.
The Cockroach Janata Party even led a protest at the Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on June 6, 2026, for the same reason. This is because a paper leak took place within just two years, when a similar situation happened in 2024. However, among all this, Dharmendra Pradhan remained as the Education Minister, a post he has held since 2021.
Back in 2024, Pradhan had dismissed the paper leak claims, saying, “I want to assure the students and their parents that the Government of India and NTA are committed to providing justice to them. Twenty-four lakh students have successfully taken the NEET examination.
There is no paper leak; no proof has been found yet. A court-recommended model was adopted for around 1560 students, and a panel of academicians has been formed for the same…We will accept the verdict of the Court.”
He added, “There is no corruption. In connection with the NEET examination, 24 lakh students appear in the examination. A hearing in the Supreme Court is underway today, and this issue is regarding around 1,500 students. Govt is ready to give answers to the Court. This specific issue is being taken into consideration, and a committee of academicians has been formed.
The Government will present this in front of the Court…NTA conducts 3 major examinations, that is NEET, JEE and CUET, successfully in the country…We will take action against the people responsible…”
While Pradhan did accept responsibility for the 2026 paper leak, he reportedly said, “NTA had placed its trust in certain teachers, but some of them did not fulfil their responsibility. Rakshak hi bhakshak ban gaye (the protectors themselves turned predators),” and how “Despite that [accepting 70 of the 120 recommendations given by the K Radhakrishnan committee], lapses happened. We feel pain and regret over it. We are accountable to the students and have no option except to apologise.”
The calls for his resignation, though, intensified when Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote, “The country’s aware youth is demanding just one thing – the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan. It has become the first test of accountability. Unfortunately, the BJP has completely failed this exam.”
PM Modi’s birthday wish to Pradhan in June also received a lot of criticism. In a tweet, he wrote, “Birthday wishes to Union Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Ji. He is making commendable efforts towards the implementation of the National Education Policy, which seeks to make India a hub for knowledge, learning and innovation.”
The Congress chief whip in the Rajya Sabha, Jairam Ramesh, also filed a notice of a question of privilege against Pradhan for lowering the dignity of Parliament.
As per Ramesh, Pradhan’s comments about the parliamentary committee while speaking to the media were “derogatory.”
As per the notice, Ramesh claimed that Pradhan, while being asked by the education ministry, had not implemented the recommendations made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education related to the NTA.
Ramesh states that “To this question, the minister responded as follows: ‘I will not comment on parliamentary standing committee red flags. I will speak about the High-Level Committee of Experts/Radhakrishnan Committee. The parliamentary standing committee has members from the opposition. They write things in a certain manner, you also know that. Hence, I won’t speak on the standing committee.'”
Mohan Yadav’s Ujjain Land Grab
Mohan Yadav was appointed Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in December 2023. However, a recent investigation by The Indian Express has revealed that Yadav, along with his family, have been quietly accumulating land in Ujjain’s development corridors in the months and years before and after Yadav became CM.
According to the investigation, it was found that Yadav and his family members had bought around 168 acres of land and 137 plots in Ujjain, for around Rs 45 crore since December 2023.
The location of these plots was interesting because most of them were in or around the areas said to be decided for a massive infrastructural upgrade planned in the city called the Ujjain Master Plan 2035. The upgrades included highways, new roads, and “expansion of residential and commercial spaces.”
According to the report, this would be making “Ujjain one of India’s hottest property markets.”
The ownership records revealed that “these plots were purchased by Mohan Yadav’s wife Seema, son Vaibhav’s wife Shalini Yadav, brothers Nandlal and Narayan Yadav, Narayan’s wife Rekha, their son Abhay Yadav, and first cousins Govind and Nilesh Yadav.”
Even the real estate companies that bought some of these plots are owned by the family.
According to Mohan Yadav’s personal 2023 asset declaration, his own immovable property in Ujjain includes agricultural land valued over Rs 15.88 crore and non-agricultural land valued at over Rs 8.66 crore.
Furthermore, while the land was bought for an estimated collective Rs 45 crore, market valuations have spiked, with experts estimating that costs could rise up to Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,000 per square foot.
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal also raised the question in a social media post, writing, “PM Modi, why have ED-CBI not knocked on the doors of MP CM Mohan Yadav? Is a 253-acre mega land scam not grounds enough to chase him and punish him for his crimes?”
Madhya Pradesh BJP president Hemant Khandelwal, however, defended Yadav, stating that the allegations were “baseless” and that “The Congress is targeting an OBC Chief Minister of the state. Whenever this state has had a Chief Minister from the OBC community, be it Uma Bharti, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, or Mohan Yadav, the Congress has attempted to weaken them by conspiring against them.”
He further said, “All of this land has been in his name since before the implementation of the Master Plan.”
As of now, there is no formal police investigation or inquiry by central agencies (such as the CBI or Enforcement Directorate) launched against Yada or his family regarding the land deals.
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The Ram Mandir Donation Scam
The Ram Mandir donation scam is also among the most talked-about topics at the moment. With a petitioner alleging that the scam could involve theft of almost Rs. 200 crore and the investigation still ongoing, the people have focused on Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust’s General Secretary Champat Rai and his involvement in the scam.
Champat Rai was appointed as the foundational General Secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust (SRJTK) in 2020. The Government of India established the SRJTK to oversee the construction of the Ram Mandir in February 2020, soon after the Supreme Court gave its verdict in 2019 on the Ayodhya dispute.
This is not the first time that Champat Rai has been involved in such a donation theft controversy. In light of the Ram Mandir scam, old news has come out about how around 200 silver bricks weighing about a kilo each, and worth over Rs 2 crore, were donated during the construction of the temple but have been missing since.
Manohar Jethwani, president of Sidhu Seva Sangam, Pune district, speaking with The Indian Express, said, “Now that the news of theft of donation has come to light, we are concerned about the donation of silver bricks made by the Sindhi community from Pimpri.”
He further revealed, “It is not that we donated some 10-20 silver bricks. Collectively, the Sindhi community donated 210 silver bricks. This was the COVID time, and everyone was hard-pressed. Yet since it involved the issue of faith, the Sindhi community members stepped forward with great alacrity to make the donations.”
Jethwani added that, “Each brick weighed one kg and was made with great precision. The moment you come across them, the bricks keep the viewer glued to it, which highlights its attractive look. Each brick carried the image of Jhulelal, our deity,” and all this was collectively handed to Champat Rai on January 26, 2021.
Raju V Manwani, international chairman of Vishwa Sindhu Seva Sangam, also spoke about how Rai assured them that they would get a receipt of the donation along with information about where and how the bricks were used; however, there has been silence in all the years since.
Manwani said, “We were told by the trustees that they would verify the quality of the bricks, then receipt would be provided…Besides, we were told that they would also inform us as to where the bricks where exactly used in the temple. In last five years, we have not been told anything about the bricks donated.”
According to Manwani, around 100-150 members of the Sindhi community travelled from Mumbai to Ayodhya for the meeting with the trustees and even took several photos of the donations made.
Delhi’s DGHS Scam
A massive corruption racket was found to be taking place at the General Health Services (DGHS) by the Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB). The Vigilance Department has arrested three officials: D. Vinod Kumar Ranga, former Head of Office, Central Procurement Agency (CPA); Dr Vatsala Aggarwal, former Director General Health Services (DGHS), and Neeraj Chopra, Deputy Controller of Accounts (DCA), CPA, DGHS.
This was done after a First Information Report (FIR) was filed on June 2, under sections including the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita’s criminal conspiracy.
The Print, quoting the ACB FIR, revealed that, “As per the information received, the group allegedly promoted cartelisation, connived with government officers, manipulated government tenders and siphoned off government money to the tune of several hundreds of crores of rupees.”
The ACB also believes that the total amount of CPA’s procurement fraud is estimated to be somewhere between Rs. 600-700 crore.
As per the ACB, “Payment of Rs 75 crore has been done for material worth Rs 25 crore, and Rs 50 crore have been taken away by Rajiv Rangila and distributed amongst himself and officers of DGHS/CPA,” while, “Procurement for item which was worth Rs 1.25 crore has been done at Rs 7.5 crore, and Rs 6.25 crore have been taken away by Rajiv Rangila from government exchequer and distributed amongst himself and officers of DGHS/CPA.”
The Print report also stated, “For basic items like bedsheets and pillow covers, tenders were finalised on the e-procurement portal. The bedsheets were bought at an inflated rate of Rs 450 per piece. In comparison, the exact same manufacturers supply the same sheets with identical specifications to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and other government departments at just Rs 150 per piece.”
Madhya Pradesh IAS Land Deal
On April 4, 2022, fifty senior officers, IAS and IPS cadre, hailing from Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Haryana, and central Delhi postings, collectively purchased agricultural land in Guradi Ghat village in Bhopal’s Kolar area. This was all done on the same day, and through a single registered transaction. For Rs 5.5 crore, against a market value of Rs 7.78 crore.
This was broken by an investigation by Dainik Bhaskar, which also claimed that within just 16 months of this land purchase, on August 31 2023, a Rs 3,200 crore Western Bypass project was approved for that particular area. Not just that, but the land was changed from agricultural to residential, 10 months after the initial purchase, which resulted in the overall value of the land increasing almost 11 times.
In their Immovable Property Return filings, the buyers described the investment as a purchase by “like-minded officers.”
According to reports, the cost of land has only increased severalfold since, with it being valued at Rs 81.75 per sq. foot in 2022, rising to Rs 557 per sq. foot in June 2024. The current rate after the change in land use is Rs 2,500-3,000 per sq. foot.
As per reports, this brings the value of the five-acre plot originally purchased for Rs 5.5 crore to now, in 2026, be estimated at between Rs 55 crore and Rs 65 crore.
Manisha Kadyan, an Assistant Professor of Economics from New Delhi, in an X/Twitter post wrote, “Politicians face elections every five years, but bureaucrats enjoy lifetime power and no real accountability… The value increased 11 times in two years. Classic abuse of position-power… Join civil services for nation service is the biggest scam sold to India. They serve themselves. The nation pays.”
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Sources: The Hindu, The Print, The Indian Express
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