NEET and JEE Exam 2020 Several top opposition party leaders demand Centre to postpone the examination.

NewDelhi: National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET 2020 and Joint Entrance Examination, JEE Main 2020 are scheduled for September 2020. The Supreme Court has rejected the plea to postpone the entrance examinations any further. Following that, many opposition  political leaders including BJP MP  Subramaniam Swamy, Congress leader  Rahul Gandhu, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, UP Ex CM Akhilesh Yadav  and West Bengal CM  Mamata Banerjee among others, have asked Centre to postpone exams.

 

Following up on the meeting of the opposition CMs called by Congress president Smt. Sonia Gandhi yesterday, Punjab Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh has asked the State’s Attorney General to file a review petition in the Supreme Court, asking for the exams to be postponed.

 

Former Karnataka CM and Congress leader Siddaramaiah slammed the BJP Narendra Modi government amid the ongoing chorus against upcoming NEET, JEE exams to be held amid a record rise of daily Covid-19 cases in India.

 

Shining India News and Survey Groups Editor in Chief Mr Hrithik Saini also tweeted in support of NEET and JEE  aspirant students : Millions of students from across the country are protesting against the upcoming #NEET & #JEE exams to be held amid #COVID__19 . Why is the Modi Govt. not listening to the voices of millions of #students and what is the reason for this overconfidence of the Govt.? #JEE_NEET .

 

Samajwadi Party Chief and former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav has also voiced his dissent against the decision to conduct JEE and NEET 2020 examination.

 

Education ministry’s govt of India  Voicing cocerns over possible delay of JEE and NEET 2020 examination, Education Secretary Amit Khare has said that the examinations must be conducted now to save the academic year.