CM Kejriwal writes to Modi, urges NEET implementation

Delhi Health minister Satyender Jain has blamed that the Centre is helping the politicians who have stake/interests in medical colleges. Earlier, in the day Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal wrote a letter to PM  Modi and cautioned him that the move to bring an Ordinance will help all those engaged in “black marketeering”.

On a day the Centre cleared an Ordinance to defer NEET for a year, Kejriwal said the government must go ahead with the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admissions in medical courses.

“I sincerely urge Modi ji not to bring any 

Ordinance to overturn SC order on NEET. Wrote this letter to hon’ble PM,” Kejriwal said in a tweet.

The Supreme Court on May 9 ordered the implementation of the common entrance test for under-graduate medical courses in India from this academic year.

Kejriwal said multiple entrance examinations conducted by various state and private medical colleges deprive deserving students of seats.

“Admissions to medical colleges are a fraud in itself. Students have to pay huge sums of money in the name of paid seats. Those who can pay money get admissions while the deserving are left high and dry,” Kejriwal said in the letter to Modi, a copy of which he shared in his tweet.

However, the Union government earlier in the morning cleared the Ordinance to defer the implementation of NEET. Several BJP MPs and several state governments, including Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, had opposed the implementation of a common entrance test from this year.

“A few days ago, Union Health minister JP Nadda called a meeting over the issue, where almost all Health ministers opposed NEET except Delhi Health minister Satyendra Jain. Many leaders and MPs run medical institutes that is why they are against NEET,” he added.

However, the government on Friday approved promulgation of an Ordinance to keep state boards out of the ambit of uniform medical entrance examination, NEET, for one academic year. The executive order is aimed at “partially” overturning a Supreme Court verdict which said all government colleges, deemed universities and private medical colleges would be covered under NEET.

The next phase of the exam is scheduled for July 24. Nearly 6.5 lakh students have already sat for the first phase of NEET held on May 1.