After Subramanian Swamy, now Aaditya Thackeray has written to the Prime Minister to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to postpone the NEET and JEE examinations, along with other competitive examinations.
Bringing the attention of Prime Minister towards the health risk involved for students and their families, Thackeray has urged him to personally intervene and postpone. He even asked him to consider starting the academic year for this year from January 2021 instead of June/July 2020 that will be helpful in ensuring that no student will lose an academic year.
I have written to the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri @narendramodi ji on the health risk that the proposed exams of various streams, and entrance exams, would have for students and families across India and for his personal intervention. pic.twitter.com/nBAk0Ef7od
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) August 24, 2020
Earlier in the week, Swamy too had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to postpone the NEET and JEE examinations, along with other competitive examinations.
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
He had appealed for the students asking him to postpone the examinations till Diwali at least. Speaking about the coronavirus pandemic, the Rajya Sabha member has stated that there is widespread desperation amongst the youth at the moment, and pushing examinations on them during this moment of crisis could lead to a “large number of suicides”
The BJP leader has asserted that Ramesh Pokhriyal, the HRD Minister has been sympathetic to his suggestion, however, only the nod from the Prime Minister could help the postponing of examinations seem probable, which is why he has written a letter directly to the Prime Minister.
On August 17, the Supreme Court stated that the NEET medical entrance exam and the Joint Entrance Exam for the admission into the IITs will be held as per schedule. This came after the apex court dismissed a petition filed by 11 students to defer the examinations in view of the pandemic.
The Aditya Thackeray-led Yuva Sena, the youth wing of the Shiv Sena, in the month of July had moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the final year university examinations in view of the Coronavirus outbreak.
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