Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the phone today on the Nit and JEE exams. The Chief Minister is reported to have requested the Prime Minister to suspend the NIT and JEE entrance exams in view of the coveted situation and the flood situation in the state. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi to suspend the NIT and JEE entrance exams due to the coveted situation in Odisha and floods in many parts of the state. This is because of the fact that students may not be able to take the test if they are not suspended.

It may be recalled that two days ago, the Chief Minister also wrote a letter to the Union Minister of Education. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday wrote a letter to Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokriel Nish urging him to postpone the JEE (MEN) and NIT exams to be held in September in view of the corona epidemic. More than 50,000 students from across the state are taking the NET exam, while more than 60,000 students are taking the JEE (Main) exam. For this reason, test centers have been set up in only six cities in the state. As a result, more and more students will come together and increase the risk of cochlear implants, and this is not a risk factor due to the epidemic. “It simply came to our notice then.