Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday made it clear that the UP government supports the conduct of these examinations amid opposition political parties’ demand to postpone the conduct of JEE and NEET examinations.
Chief Minister Yogi said in a high-level meeting held at Lucknow Lok Bhavan, that the state government supports the conduct of NEET and JEE examinations. He said, on August 9, 2020, B.Ed entrance examination was completed in the state, in which there were about five lakh candidates. There was no news of infection (corona virus) from anywhere in this examination. The Chief Minister said that similarly the examination of Public Service Commission, Uttar Pradesh has also been conducted.
Akhilesh Yadav protested:
Meanwhile, SP President Akhilesh Yadav tweeted, The BJP, adamant on conducting the JEE, NEET exam, has now revealed why it changed the name of ‘Human Resource Ministry, because its attitude towards education and learners’ is empty of humanitarianism. . Explain that with the approval of the new education policy by the Central Government, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has been renamed as Ministry of Education.
On August 27, on behalf of the SP President, in support of the candidates and parents and in an open letter issued against the examinations and the BJP, it was said that this ridiculous and irrational thing is being spread by the BJP that when people leave the house for other work So why can’t you take the exam? The letter said that the people of the BJP have also forgotten that they are coming under compulsion and those who want to defend themselves at home, the government is forcing them to leave in the name of examination. It is noteworthy that a section of students is demanding to postpone the examinations like NEET and JEE, which are supported by various opposition political parties. Police had lathi-charged to disperse the SP leaders and activists who had reached Raj Bhavan on Thursday with this demand.
Congress protests:
The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee is staging a state-wide sit-in today against the JEE-NEET examination conducted by the Center during the pandemic period. State President Ajay Kumar Lallu said that the Modi government at the center and the Yogi government of the state have failed to stop the spread of Kovid-19 epidemic. Conducting examinations of millions of students in such a deadly infection is like throwing them into this dangerous infection.
Six ministers reached Supreme Court:
There is a constant demand to postpone the examination of NEET and JEE and this demand of students has also received support from opposition parties. At the same time, six ministers from non-BJP ruled states have moved the Supreme Court. The petition requested the Supreme Court to reconsider its order allowing the Center to conduct NEET, JEE examinations this year. On the other hand, the National Testing Agency (NTA) organized JEE and NEET amid opposition from political parties. Preparations have intensified. By Wednesday evening, about 14 lakh candidates out of 23 lakh JEE-NEET have also downloaded it. NTA chairman Vineet Joshi said that it shows that the children are eagerly awaiting the exam.
