Chennai: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not addressing the grievances of JEE-NEET aspirants after his government’s decision to conduct the entrance examinations amid Covid-19.
Instead, the former Congress president said, Modi spoke about the country’s ‘toy industry’ in his monthly outreach programme Mann Ki Baat on Sunday.
Rahul said: “JEE-NEET aspirants wanted the PM do ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ but the PM did ‘Khilone Pe Charcha’.”
Rahul and Congress have supported a demand by a section to postpone the NEET and JEE examinations, in view of the Covid pandemic.
In yet another push to his ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ campaign to make India self-reliant, Prime Minister Modi on Sunday urged the startups to develop computer games in and based on India, citing the nation’s rich heritage and traditions that can drive innovations in the toy and gaming industry.