PostponeNEETPG_Modiji: Doctors launch Twitter Storm
New Delhi: While the Union Health Ministry has dismissed the chances of getting NEET PG 2022 postponed, the aspirants of the postgraduate medical entrance examination are not ready to take 'no' for an answer and they have now approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard.
Urging the Prime Minister to defer the exam, the doctors are trending the hashtag #POSTPONENEETPG_MODIJI on Twitter. This came after the doctors under the umbrella of Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) announced a Twitter Storm for deferring the exam and requested all the aspirants to use the same hashtag #POSTPONENEETPG_MODIJI.
The candidates are demanding to defer the exam on the ground that the exam date, which is scheduled on May 21, is clashing with the dates for NEET PG 2021 counselling.
However, this year the exam has already been postponed once when the candidates had cited similar reasons. NEET PG 2022, which is the centralized common entrance test for admission to PG medical courses across India, was earlier scheduled on March 12. However, pointing out that the date was clashing with NEET PG counselling 2021 dates, the doctors had approached the Union Health Ministry seeking postponement. In fact they had moved to the Apex Court as well.
Trending the hashtag on Twitter, the doctors reminded of their services during the pandemic and questioned how they are supposed to prepare with counseling and exam dates almost clashing.
The doctors also urged all the other aspirants to stay united strong in this process. Some of the NEET PG 2022 aspirants also wrote to the Deputy Commissioner of Delhi and requested to arrange a meeting with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji. "We urge you to kindly support our genuine demands and also arrange a meeting with Honorable P.M. Narendra Modi Ji," read the letter.
Blaming the Government, another user wrote, "The indecisive authorities and the govt are mentally harrassing the #NEETPG2022 candidates for no particular reason.This is 2022 but da govt facilities still work like it's 1960. This is definitely not the nw India the govt promised in their manifesto.Sick #POSTPONENEETPG_MODIJI."
AIIMS Delhi has also come in support of the students as Dr. Datta of AIIMS urged all the associations to come together and take the demand forward.
Meanwhile, the members of FAIMA Doctors Association had gone to the National Medical Commission (NMC) to discuss this issue and confirmation regarding this came from the president of the association Dr. Rohan Krishnan who Tweeted about the recent development. He stated in his Tweets that NMC did not meet the association.
Now the doctors are planning to hold a peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar on May 8, i.e. on Sunday and they have already arranged for permission from the authorities in this regard.
