From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: A student group has asked the Karnataka chief electoral officer to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi re-schedule his Bengaluru road show on Sunday as it would otherwise hit the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) to be held the same day.
After the opposition parties protested that the roadshow would make it difficult for the aspirants to reach exam centres, the BJP tweaked the schedule, lining up a longer event on Saturday and a shorter one on Sunday.
In its letter to the CEO, with an email to the Chief Election Commissioner, CPIML-Liberation-backed AISA’s Karnataka unit said: “It is highly irresponsible to schedule such a political rally on the same day as an important exam like NEET, which determines the future of many aspiring medical professionals.”
“Students will be made to go through added stress and anxiety caused by the traffic disruptions and delays due to PM’s roadshow campaign. The exam is scheduled on Sunday between 2 and 5.20 PM while the planned roadshow will be passing through major rods aand areas of Bengaluru causing massive traffic jams and ending up a nightmare for students and their parents reaching the examination centres.
“Thousands of students in Bengaluru have registered for the NEET exam. There will also be students and their parents travelling from outside the state capital to give exams as their centres are in the city.”
