NEET, JEE exams 2020- MP Subramanian Swamy urges PM to postpone exams till Diwali

BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Friday said that he has conveyed to the education minister that NEET, JEE, and other similar exams should be conducted after Diwali.
JEE Main exam 2020 is scheduled to be held from September 1 to 6, while the date for conducting NEET is September 13.
Supreme Court had on Monday rejected a plea seeking postponement of the two entrance tests in the backdrop of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). A three-judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said “life has to go on” despite the outbreak of the viral disease and the court cannot put the career of students in jeopardy by interfering with the decision of the National Testing Agency (NTA) to hold the examinations in September.
Taking to twitter the BJP MP said, “I have just spoken to the Minister of Education suggesting that NEET and other exams be conducted after Deepavali. The SC order the other day is not a bar since the Hon’ble Court has left the date to the government. I am sending an urgent letter to the PM just now.”
“Since the number of new COVID 19 cases has soared to 70,000 per day, it is in the balance of public interest that Education Ministry approach the CJI court at his home and seek an adjournment to November after Deepavali.”
“When I said NEET exams postponement, I meant postponement of all similar Entrance Exams like JEE, etc !” he stated.