NEET 2021: reconsider decision to hold exam amid Covid-19, Stalin urges PM Modi

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Central Government to reconsider the decision to conduct national level exams like the NEET as it may lead to Covid-19 spread. “When schools and colleges continued to be closed down in view of the pandemic, conducting national level exams like the NEET may lead to virus spread,” Stalin said and requested the Prime Minister to reconsider the decision to hold such tests.

NEET has been scheduled to be held on 12 September. Stalin also informed PM Modi about the allocation of Covid-19 vaccine doses to Tamil Nadu and said it’s less comparatively and the Centre should provide one crore doses as a special case. Taking part in a virtual interaction PM Modi had with Chief Ministers, Stalin said his government has “fully avoided wastage of vaccines,” from previous six per cent and awareness has been created successfully about the importance of getting vaccinated.

In view of such awareness, the demand for vaccines has tremendously increased in Tamil Nadu, Stalin said. “However, when compared with other states, the allocation for our state is very less. To handle this tough situation, I had requested a special allocation of one crore vaccine doses. I look forward to your support in this important issue,” he told Modi.