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Updated September 10th, 2020 at 22:13 IST

JEE: Pokhriyal refutes Swamy's claims, cites 'official facts' of 9.53 lakh registrations

Refuting Dr Subramanian Swamy's claim, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhiyal said that the number of applicants for JEE Main stands at 9.53 lakhs

Reported by: Prachi Mankani
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Refuting Dr. Subramanian Swamy's claim,  Education Minister Ramesh Pokhiyal said that the number of applicants for JEE Main stands at 9.53 lakhs. Subramanian Swamy claimed that out of 18 lakh students who were supposed to appear in the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) for admission to engineering colleges only 8 lakh students turned up to take the exam last week.

Reiterating official facts again, Pokhriyal took to Twitter sharing a detailed bifurcation of the registrations, which totalled to 9.53 lakhs.

 

READ: "Whose is official?": On JEE, Subramanian Swamy counters Education Minister's 'facts'

Earlier in the day, the Education Minister said that in the exams held between September 1 and 6, 6.35 lakhs appeared with the full assistance of Central & respective State governments. Hailing the efforts of the states, he said that it displayed the spirit of cooperative federalism. Further, he had that any delay of the exams would not have been in the interest of "hardworking students & their plans for college admissions." Emphasizing on the role of the Centre, Ramesh Pokhriyal told his party's senior leader Swamy that the NDA government has always been "unwavering regarding student welfare & student safety." "We will always work for the interests of our youth," he added in a series of tweets.

READ: JEE Main: Education Min Pokhriyal places 'facts on record'; corrects Subramanian Swamy

Subramanian Swamy Counters Education Minister's 'facts'

Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subramanian Swamy on Thursday countered Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal's claim that the number of applicants for JEE Main stands at 8.58 lakhs. Dr Swamy had claimed that out of 18 lakhs students who were supposed to appear in the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) exams, only 8 lakhs turned up to take the exam last week.

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Published September 10th, 2020 at 22:13 IST

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