WB NEET Counselling 2025 temporarily suspended! Over 11,000 aspirants in limbo
West Bengal- The West Bengal Medical Counselling Committee (WBMCC) has temporarily suspended the National Eligibility and Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) counselling for the academic year 2025 for MBBS and BDS courses "till further orders".
The decision comes just two days before the scheduled release of the round 1 seat allotment results, leaving reportedly over 11,000 medical aspirants in West Bengal in uncertainty.
The suspension was announced through an urgent notice on Monday, a day before the announcement of seat allotment. The notice said, "West Bengal NEET UG Medical Dental 2025 counselling/admission has been kept in abeyance till further orders."
This development comes after the release of the revised provisional state merit list for 85% state quota seats on August 16.
The suspension has a direct impact on a total of 11,178 candidates included in the provisional merit list. Thus, candidates seeking medical admission in West Bengal are still in limbo and are waiting for clarity from the authorities on when the admission process will resume.
Meanwhile, the sudden suspension has sparked outrage among students and parents. According to a report by News18 Media, on this, the Union Minister of State for Education and Development of North Eastern Region, Sukanta Majumdar, criticised the state government's decision in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Majumdar wrote, “In the name of an ‘Urgent Notice,’ the West Bengal government has indefinitely suspended the WB NEET UG Medical Dental Counselling and Admission process without giving any proper reason! The future of the state’s medical students has been pushed into darkness”.
Majumdar further questioned the timing of the suspension, asking why the admission counselling, once started, was abruptly halted. “Is this yet another attempt to appease narrow political interests by granting undue privilege to a particular group under the guise of reservation?" he added.
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