September 27th 2023.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's decision to reduce the NEET PG 2023 cut off percentile to zero across all categories last Wednesday has been met with mixed reactions. While many medical fraternities are in favour of the change, some sections of society, including opposition leaders, have criticised the issue. Allegations have been made that the Centre's decision to reduce the cut-off was based on the fact that Mansukh Mandivya's daughter did not score well in the NEET PG 2023 exam.
INC's Spokesperson from Bihar, Dr Rashid Fakhri, tweeted, "NEET PG exam is conducted for admission to medical colleges across country. Why is NEET cut-off reduced to zero? Students are complaining that the daughter of a senior BJP minister has not been able to get decent marks in NEET exam, hence this year the government decides to not admit students on the basis of NEET score. Is it true?" His tweet sparked a debate on the issue.
The Congress Party has also slammed the Modi government for reducing the NEET PG qualifying percentile to zero and questioned their motives. Member of Parliament from INC, Jairam Ramesh on X said, "The decision of the Modi government to reduce the cutoff for entry for MD/MS degrees via PG-NEET to the Zeroth Percentile — making those who score the least in the exam eligible — is absolutely shocking! This is a complete U-turn from the stand taken by the govt in the Delhi High Court last July."
He further added, "Is this U-turn also being done to benefit children of very influential BJP leaders who would not have qualified without this scandalous dilution?"
Countering these allegations, FORDA INDIA on X wrote, "10 to 12 thousands Post Graduate seats remain vacant every year. Reducing the cut-off to zero percentile in the last round is a positive effort to fill that gap." FORDA further said that they have investigated the issue regarding the allegations made on the daughter of Health Minister and have found it to be baseless. They urged the public to welcome the step taken by the government and refrain from doing politics.
The official notification is available on the Medical Counselling Committee's website at mcc.nic.in. It has also announced that fresh registration & choice filling for Round-3 of NEET PG 2023 Counselling will be opened for candidates who have become eligible after reduction of percentile. IMA has also requested the government to reduce the cut-off by 30%.
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