Mamata, Amarinder call for moving SC over NEET

August 26, 2020 18:22

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Centre over the Joint Entrance Examination and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, which are scheduled to be held next month, saying it does not care about students.

Gandhi was speaking at a virtual meeting with the chief ministers of seven states to work out a united opposition response amid growing chorus for deferring the entrance exams for engineering and medical courses amid the coronavirus crisis.

The meeting was attended by Maharashtras Uddhav Thackeray, Punjabs Amarinder Singh, Jharkhands Hemant Soren, Chhattisgarhs Bhupesh Baghel and Puducherrys V Narayanasamy.

During the virtual meeting, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee suggested approaching the Supreme Court again for postponing the exams owing to the prevailing Covid-19 situation.

This will be my request to all the state governments, let us do it together, let us go to the Supreme Court and postpone the exam for the time being until and unless the situation allows students to appear for the exams, she said.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh also backed Banerjees call to move the Supreme Court to intervene in the matter.

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