Reportedly in an unfortunate incident, almost 400 students from Karnataka are expected to have missed out from appearing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on Saturday for no fault of theirs. Meanwhile these aspiring medical students, a majority of them from Ballari district in north Karnataka were supposed to reach Bengaluru and nearby towns by 7am well ahead of 2.00pm when the exam was set to start.
Furthermore the 16591 Hampi Express which runs from Hampi to Bengaluru via Mysuru was late and could reach the city only at 2.36pm. Reportedly the train was delayed by more than seven hours and hence upset with them missing out on their rightful chance at the exams, the students have started mass tweeting, tagging Union Human Resource Minister Prakash Javadekar.
Moreover one such student, Rampure Sai Srinivas told TNM that he reached his examination hall at 2.55pm and was not allowed to write the exam. Apparently Sreenivas also blamed the state government for not being proactive and arranging buses for students who were stuck due to the train delay. Further the issue took a political turn with former CM SIddaramaiah attacking the Railway Minister over the issue and asked the Prime Minister to ensure that the students get to write the exam on a later day.
