Samay Raina's India's Got Latent mock clinic features joke on NEET-UG paper leak

Comedian Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent Season 2 recently became a talking point online after contestant Ankit Sharma spoke openly on stage about dealing with premature ejaculation. Raina then turned the exchange into a mock clinic and called a doctor from the audience to the stage. He later cracked a joke about the 2026 NEET-UG paper leak after misspeaking during the act. The segment drew reactions from both the panel and the audience.Another moment from the same episode also went viral after contestant Sakshi Jha’s remarks about men triggered backlash on social media, prompting Raina to later ask viewers to be kind to her.Talking about Ankit, he surprised the audience and the panellists when he spoke candidly about his condition during his appearance. Instead of moving on, Raina asked if there was a doctor present in the audience.A man in the front row identified himself as a doctor. Raina invited him on stage and jokingly asked about his specialisation. Judge Vishal Dadlani joined in and said, "What kind of doctor are you? If you are a knee doctor, there is no use, brother." Raina then added, "A doctor knows everything." Raina asked for a chair and seated the doctor on stage. He then told Sharma to step back and began acting out a mock appointment, turning the moment into an improvised clinic scene.During the exchange, Raina accidentally referred to the patient as a ‘customer’. Dadlani immediately corrected him and said, ‘Patient.’ Raina replied, "Sorry, sorry. I came through a paper leak," in a joke referring to the 2026 NEET-UG paper leak controversy. The remark referred to the controversy in which the National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelled the medical entrance examination after allegations that the question paper had been leaked before the test. More than 20 lakh aspirants were affected, and the examination was later held again.Another controversy in the same episodeEarlier, contestant Sakshi Jha got massive backlash over her remarks about men. During her act, Jha called herself a ‘man hater’. She later identified herself as a ‘feminist’, prompting Raghu Ram to tell her not to call herself a feminist because misandry is not what feminism is about.On the show, Jha said chhee while making a face at the mention of men. She also said she hated her father and had told him so, and added that she hated her grandfather and brother.When Dadlani questioned her about her stated fantasy of beating her husband, she clarified that she wanted to do so after drinking alcohol. She then joked that, as a member of Gen Z, ‘something should be different’. According to Jha, a ‘good man’ is one who blindly follows his wife, or ‘joru ka gulaam’.Her comments triggered arguments online over the meaning of feminism. Many social media users said the zeroes she received from every judge were the appropriate summation of her act. Since the episode dropped on YouTube and Netflix, the Bihar-based teacher has also become the subject of memes.Raina later asked people not to target Jha beyond limits. On Instagram Stories, he said many memes were being made about ‘man hater’ Sakshi Jha, but asked his followers to be kind to her. He also joked that after the latest episode came out, he packed his bags and left for Alibag because he knew he was getting drawn into one controversy after another.Raina said India’s Got Latent is one of those platforms where people come and say anything, and added that it is not easy to be on that stage. He said he felt bad that Jha was receiving so much hate and that criticism should remain within limits. He said he had no problem with jokes made in good fun, but asked people to remember that there is a human being at the receiving end.India’s Got Latent 2 marked Raina’s return to the show after the controversy around the previous season.- EndsPublished By: Priyanka SharmaPublished On: Jul 20, 2026 14:57 IST