new delhi amid the chorus against holding the national eligibility cum entrance test neet and the joint entrance examination jee the nsui on friday wrote to prime minister narendra modi to demand their postponement citing the danger to the lives of students amid the novel coronavirus pandemicwith about 26 lakh students registered for the entrance exams and lakhs of finalyear students the exercise will lend much greater possibility to the spread of covid19 national students union of india nsui national president neeraj kundan wrote in the letter to the prime ministerkundan said that the exercise would not only put the candidates lives at risk but also of peopleparents accompanying them to the examination centresfurthermore the cycle will never cease and only act as a catalyst endangering more vulnerable lives the nsui leader saidkundan questioned how the authorities would ensure social distancing with such a large number of people if it is not ensured properly it will be an invitation to a health hazard or a manmade disaster he saidthe nsui leader highlighted that public transport including trains remained suspended due to the pandemic in such a scenario it will be difficult for students to travel as we saw after the release of jee hall tickets he saidkundan said that a few states were battling a flood crisis too i humbly request the prime minister to look into these prime concerns i hope that he will take the best decision as students safety is of paramount concernbjp mp subramanian swamy too has sought modis intervention to postpone the neet and the jee till diwali and warned of suicides by youths otherwise earlier swamy had spoken to education minister ramesh pokhriyal on the matteron monday the supreme court had rejected a plea for the postponement of the two entrance tests due to the coronavirus outbreak the court said that life has to go on despite the virus outbreak and that it could not put the careers of students in jeopardy by interfering in the national testing agencys decision to hold these in september