Row over NEET, JEE: BJP slams Congress-led Opposition for protest against exams
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has already announced that the JEE will be held from September 1 to 6 and NEET on September 13.
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came down heavily on Congress-led Opposition for creating roadblocks in the conduct of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). Calling it politically motivated, the BJP advised Congress from resorting to such ‘tactics’ as this will lower the morale of students appearing for exams.
Congress-led Opposition parties have planned nationwide protests against the Centre’s decision to conduct NEET and JEE exams.
Hitting out at the Congress, BJP leader N V Subhash he said that the Opposition party is playing with the students of the country and applying a “wrong medicine” for its wounds.
“The Opposition parties stuck to their guns without really understanding the concerns of the aspirants of medical and engineering seats. The demand of interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Chief Ministers of its allied parties is nothing but a political drama to grab the attention of the public,” Subhash told media..
The Congress and its allies were trying to “politicise” the issue despite the Supreme Court’s refusal to postpone the NEET/ JEE entrance examinations saying that life cannot be stopped and ordered National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct the exams with all safeguards and precautions, the BJP leader said and added that the Congress leadership was still ignoring the people’s real concerns and implementing its political agenda.
“The Opposition parties should raise questions on their own. How long do we postpone NEET and JEE exams? If not now, then when we can hold exams? Can we declare this academic year as a ‘zero year’? What will be the future of lakhs of students?” he asked.
“Their concern was about the spreading of infections. The nation’s recovery rate of COVID-19 is 75 per cent. According to reports, India’s total recoveries now exceed the total active cases by nearly 16 lakhs. The mortality rate is gradually falling. Currently, India’s Case Fatality Rate (CFR) was one of the lowest globally which is at 1.86 per cent,” he said.
Earlier, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced that the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) (Main) will be held from September 1 to 6 and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) (UG) on September 13.