Edu Minister Dharmendra Pradhan slams Rahul Gandhi over his NEET rant, calls him an ‘antagonist to something progressive’

On September 8, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan slammed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for attempting to fire up protests in opposition to the federal government of India to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) that’s scheduled for September 12, 2021. In his tweet, Gandhi had written, “GOI is blind to students’ distress. Postpone #NEET exam. Let them have a fair chance.”
.@RahulGandhi perceives himself to be an knowledgeable on every little thing with out having an iota of information. Overflowing vainness & misplaced sense of entitlement of a failed crown prince is not any alibi to meddle into the schedule of examinations, give undue stress & make the scholars endure. https://t.co/xniWpcxWox— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) September 8, 2021
Pradhan quoted Gandhi and mentioned, “Rahul Gandhi perceives himself to be an expert on everything without having an iota of knowledge. Overflowing vanity & misplaced sense of entitlement of a failed crown prince is no alibi to meddle into the schedule of examinations, give undue stress & make the students suffer.”
Pradhan additional added that the Supreme Court of India already refused to entertain pleas to reschedule the examination and questioned what made Gandhi an knowledgeable on the problem. He mentioned, “Even the Hon’ble Supreme Court has not entertained the plea to reschedule the #NEET examination citing the deferment as being unfair to a large number of students. What makes Rahul Gandhi the ‘pseudo expert’ question the collective wisdom of the bench and actual experts?”
Yuvraj ought to follow his experience of concocting lies, peddling half-truths and being the antagonist to something progressive, reasonably than issuing sweeping statements on issues he has no understanding of.— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) September 8, 2021
He requested Gandhi to not intrude in issues that he had no understanding of. He mentioned, “Yuvraj should stick to his expertise of concocting lies, peddling half-truths and being the antagonist to anything progressive, rather than issuing sweeping statements on matters he has no understanding of.”
The subject of NEET exams
National Testing Agency (NTA) has scheduled NEET-UG 2021 for September 12, 2021. NEET has been delayed as a result of pandemic state of affairs within the nation. A bit of scholars and oldsters had objected to the date and demanded to postpone the exams.
Supreme Court declines to entertain a petition looking for orders to related authorities for rescheduling or deferring the NEET UG- 2021 examination pic.twitter.com/RWLGtc2eRg— ANI (@ANI) September 6, 2021
A gaggle of scholars and oldsters had submitted a plea within the Supreme Court to get the examination postponed. A bench comprising Justice AM Khanwilkar, justice Hrishikesh Roy and justice CT Ravikumar refused to entertain the plea and mentioned if the scholars wish to seem in a number of exams, they must prioritise and make a selection for which examination they might wish to seem. The courtroom added that there may by no means be a state of affairs the place all college students could be happy with the date of the exams.
The courtroom, nevertheless, allowed the petitioners to make a illustration earlier than the competent authorities on the problem that may resolve on the dates as per the regulation. The bench additional instructed the counsel representing the scholars, “The arguments which you (counsel for petitioners) are canvassing may not be relevant for 99 per cent candidates. For one per cent candidates, the entire system cannot be put on hold.”
As per the report revealed in ANI, round 25,000 college students had been scheduled to seem in enchancment or compartment exams for sophistication 12, the bench famous that just one per cent of the scholars are anticipated to go for these exams. The counsel, nevertheless, claimed that NEET needs to be postponed as many different exams had been scheduled on or round September 12, not solely compartment or enchancment exams.
The courtroom mentioned, “If you are to appear in multiple examinations, then you need to make a choice. You have to prioritise. You must also be conscious that any deferment is likely to clash with some other examination.” The courtroom refused to intrude within the functioning of various boards and mentioned that it might permit them to do their job. The courtroom mentioned if it postponed NEET, it would have an effect on the following course, and every little thing would get extended.
Several teams had tried to postpone NEET final 12 months too
In 2020 too, a number of teams and political leaders had tried to postpone the NEET and JEE exams. Rahul Gandhi was considered one of them. Others included Mamata Banerjee, MK Stalin, Aaditya Thackeray and Subramanian Swamy. Co-ordinated protests, hiring skilled ‘protestors’ just like the propped up ‘child activist’ Licypriya, had been deliberate in Delhi to demand the postponement of NEET.