Postpone NEET, or it may lead to suicides: Subramanian Swamy to Prime Minister
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New Delhi: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to direct the Education Ministry to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) till Diwali, and warned of suicides by youths otherwise.
In his “urgent letter” to Modi, Swamy said: “Holding the exams, in my opinion, may lead to a large number of suicides by youths around the country.”
When I said NEET exams postponement, I meant postponement of all similar Entrance Exams like JEE, etc ! https://t.co/oSEB9thJLA
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) August 21, 2020
He cited an example of Mumbai where, he claimed, “there is no public transport and people have to come from other areas, often 20 to 30 km away”. This is because of the restrictions enforced at many places due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he argued.
“There is widespread desperation among the youth since this exam is a make-or-break affair for them and they have to take it when they are fully prepared,” the Rajya Sabha MP wrote to the Prime Minister.
Dr Subramanian @Swamy39 has raised the issue of postponement of NEET/ JEE & other similar Entrance Exams with the UNION HRD Minister @DrRPNishank & has now written to @PMOIndia @narendramodi urging him to postpone the examinations to after Deepawali due to Covid19 conditions now pic.twitter.com/DhWbys00RI
— Jagdish Shetty (@jagdishshetty) August 21, 2020
Earlier, Swamy spoke to Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal. Pointing this out to Modi, Swamy added that Pokhriyal was “sympathetic” to his suggestion to put it off beyond Diwali. However, it needs the Prime Minister’s “concurrence”, he wrote.
Earlier, Swamy tweeted on the Supreme Court order on the matter, saying that the apex court had “left the date (for the exam) to the government” to decide.
I have just spoken to the Minister of Education suggesting that NEET and other exams be conducted after Deepavali. The SC order the other day is not a bar since the Hon’ble Court has left the date to the government. I am sending an urgent letter to the PM just now.
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) August 21, 2020
On Monday, the Supreme Court had rejected a plea for the postponement of the two entrance tests due to the coronavirus outbreak. The court said that life has to go on despite the virus outbreak and that it could not put the careers of students in jeopardy by interfering in National Testing Agency’s decision to hold these in September.
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