Published On : Mon, May 16th, 2016

CM Fadnavis to meet Modi to resolve NEET issue

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PM Modi and CM Fadanvis

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Nagpur: Even as the students aspiring for Medical entrance examinations are in a tizzy over National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), the State Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get a handy resolution of the issue.

This newly enforced pattern of Medical entrance examination has caused much concern for hordes of parents and students. “I have assured parents that I will meet PM Modi on NEET issue. We are trying our best to resolve the issue,” he said.

“I will meet the PM to raise concerns of NEET students and will demand solution from the Central government,” he told reporters here.

The Supreme Court has ruled that starting this academic session, students would have to appear for NEET to seek admission to any medical or dental college in the country.

Last week, the apex court had turned down a batch of appeals by states seeking to conduct their own medical admission tests and ruled that “only NEET would enable students to get admission to MBBS or BDS studies”.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray, who met Fadnavis on the NEET issue here today, told reporters that he had called up the Prime Minister yesterday to convey the grievances of parents and students.

“I asked the PM as to who was running the country? Was it the Central government or the Supreme Court?” Raj told reporters.

“When there is a CET (Common Entrance Test) in the state, what is the need for NEET,” he said.

In Maharashtra, the MHT-CET was held on May 5 in which over four lakh aspirants appeared for admissions in medical and dental courses.