Big Update! NEET UG 2022 postponement, aspirants huge demand – Know Latest update here
NEET UG 2022: After months of protests, medical aspirants have now resorted to a hunger strike demanding the postponement of the NEET UG 2022. Aspirants are seeking a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi claiming that they have been turned down by all others and want the PM to hear their grievances. A large section of students is tweeting with the hashtag Chalo Modi Awas which can be translated into ‘let’s go to Modi’s residence’ and are claiming to start a march towards PM’s residence.
Students have been demanding a 40-day postponement in the medical entrance exam claiming that there is not enough time to prepare. Further, they also claim that NEET UG 2022 clashes with other entrance exams including CUET. Students have been protesting online and have launched several online campaigns and have written letters to ministers in the past months.
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Students who are preparing for the medical entrance exam now claim that this is their only way out to be heard.
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#NEETUGChaloMODIJIAwas
Press releases for request to meet with @PMOIndia sir #HungerStrike on 5th July 10 am pic.twitter.com/cVcoWxcVNO— 𝗕𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧 𝗝𝗢𝗗𝗢 (@JUSTICEFORNEET2) July 4, 2022
Aspirants raised their demand through a Twitter campaign. Recently #MODIJIextendNEETUG trend all over India crosses 2 million-plus tweets,” wrote the All India Students’ Union in an official statement. It added, “Two months is not enough time to prepare and they have more attempts, however, conducting NEET with one attempt and after the late announcement, is not fair to NEET UG aspirants.”
Sir hume Hunger Strike karne mein koi bhi problem nahi hogi, kyunki jais stress mein hum aur humaare parents hai na, bhukh waise bhi nahi lag rahi hai. Sir please please kuch kariye, lakho lives aapke haath mein hai#NEETUGChaloMODIJIAwas
— Hemlata (@Idontknow252525) July 5, 2022
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Over 18.72 lakh students have applied for NEET UG 2022.
This is the highest ever registration number in recent times, a rise of 2.5 lakh students as compared to last time. NEET-UG is the qualifying entrance exam for admission to Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery (BAMS), Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery (BSMS), Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS), and Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) and BSc (H) Nursing courses.