The Congress will stage protests across the country on Friday against the Centre’s decision to go ahead with the national-level Joint Entr...
The Congress will stage protests across the country on Friday against the Centre’s decision to go ahead with the national-level Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) amid rising coronavirus cases in India, reported NDTV.
JEE is scheduled from September 1 to September 6 and the NEET is slated for September 13. Nearly 8.58 lakh applicants have registered for the JEE (Main) and 15.97 lakh candidates will write the NEET.
“In line with concerted opposition to this mindless and dictatorial move of the central government, Congress will be holding protests on Friday at 11 am in front of central government offices at state and district headquarters,” Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said in a statement on Wednesday. “They will oppose the decision of the government to hold these exams during the pandemic. While holding exams during Covid crisis has put students in a state of extreme mental stress, the grim flood situation in states like Assam and Bihar will further put students from those states at a severe disadvantage.”
On Wednesday, several chief ministers of non-BJP states held a virtual meeting to strategise their next course of action. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suggested they should jointly move the Supreme Court. The...
