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Speak up for students, says Rahul Gandhi as Congress protests against holding of NEET, JEE

The opposition has demanded NEET and JEE be deferred due to Covid and floods, even as Centre has said they will be held as per schedule with due precautions.

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New Delhi: The Congress on Friday launched a campaign against the government’s decision to hold NEET and JEE exams during the coronavirus pandemic, with former party chief Rahul Gandhi urging people to speak up for the safety of students.

The Congress and various opposition parties have demanded that NEET and JEE examinations be deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic and floods in parts of the country, even as the Union government has made it clear that they will be held as per schedule with due precautions.

Gandhi tweeted his appeal as part of the party’s campaign under which it is holding countrywide protests on Friday to oppose the government’s decision to hold NEET, JEE exams.

“Unite your voice with lakhs of suffering students. #SpeakUpFor StudentSafety…Let’s make the government listen to the students,” he said on Twitter.

“Raise your voice with lakhs of worried students…Let us demand from the government to listen to the students,” he tweeted, tagging a video which emphasised the party’s stand on the issue that the government must take into consideration the problems being faced by the students.

The Congress, on its official Twitter handle, said the government must be fair to all citizens when taking decisions.

“We urge the BJP government to consider the implications of holding the JEE & NEET exams right now. Listen to the students and then take a decision,” the party said.

It also posted videos of several senior Congress leaders voicing their opposition against holding of the exams.

Congress general secretary organisation, K C Venugopal, had said on Wednesday that various state units of the Congress will be holding protests on Friday in front of central government offices at state and district headquarters.

While the NEET is slated to be held on September 13, engineering entrance exam JEE-Mains is scheduled between September 1-6.


Also read: No plans to postpone JEE, NEET, but final decision lies with education ministry, says MHA 


 

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4 COMMENTS

  1. This bloody Congress people ruined the whole country in its 70 years of regime. They want to throw out this country again in slavery and poverty. If student will not appear for JEE/ NEET exam their crucial one year will waste, who will pay for that. Congress was never in favour of development of this country, people already thrown out this party, in few year there is be no name of Congress in India.

  2. CM yogi UP me neet/ jee exam karwane ke liye sahmat hai kyuki modi , yogi mile hue hai aur sath me university ke professor bhi sab jeb bharne me lage hai. Aur is sab me bache ko bali ka bakara banaya ja raha hai. Bache Neet/ jee ka admit card download karne ka matlab yeh bilkul nahi hai ki woh chahte hai ki aise corona virus ke situation me exam ho woh to majburan bali ka bakara ban rahe hai to kripaya jo log yeh soch rahe hai woh apna galatfamly door kar de.

  3. Since when has NSUI started represnting Class 12 students? Also, what will happen to next year students? Also, aren’t doctors working in the pandemic, the exact exams for which the students are sitting?

  4. This Pappu, half-wit, idiot with no education is pretending to guide (or is it misguide) the youth of our country about their future?

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