In protest of the Government’s decision to conduct the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) amid the pandemic of Covid-19, the Uttarakhand Congress held a state-wide protest on Friday.
In Dehradun, the Congress leaders and workers led by Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Pritam Singh held a demonstration at the regional office of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) located at Rajendra Nagar.
Addressing the protesters, Singh said that the manner in which the infection of the Covid-19 is spreading in the country an atmosphere of fear prevails among the students and their parents and they want that the NEET and JEE should be postponed. He said that it appears that the BJP government has made holding the examination as an issue of its prestige. Singh said that the government has put the lives of the students at risk. He added that the Congress party is standing firmly with the students and would oppose the view of the Government. The PCC president said that apart from pandemic, many parts of the country are reeling under floods triggered by heavy rains and during such circumstances the holding of these examinations cannot be justified. He said that the NEET and JEE should be held when the situation normalises.The former PCC president Kishore Upadhyay, former Minister Hira Singh Bisht, Vice President Surya Kant Dhasmana, former MLA Rajkumar, general secretary organisation Vijay Saraswat and other Congress leaders and workers were present on the occasion.