Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Monthly address to the nation,'Mann ki Baat', became the most disliked video on Youtube of Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP) on 30th August.
The video has 5.40 lakh dislikes as of Monday, August 31, 10:00 am and has been watched by 2,119,375 people at the time of writing.
Most of the students aspiring for NEET, JEE were waiting for PM Modi to address this issue as a lot of controversy was going on about postponing of the exam. Social media users, mostly students, had expressed their disappointment with the government's decision and called it out for playing with the future of students.
One such comment on the video read: "It is enough to show that the dislikes do not confuse the students." "Dear PM, it was my fault that I thought you would talk about JEE-NEET. Thanks for wasting my year," another social media user wrote.
As the clamour around postponing the examinations grow louder, PM Modi chose to speak on topics including Indian breed of dogs and India's potential to become a toy manufacturing hub. PM's address to nation had no mention of the demands of students and their constant requests to the government to defer the exams amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Last week,the Supreme Court upheld the University Grants Commission's July 6 circular to hold University final year exam. The apex court said that the states and universities cannot promote students without holding final year exams by September 30
The viewers also vented their ire in the comments section. Further, the program started to trend on Twitter as students wrote #Mann_Ki_Nahi_Student_Ki_Baat, #StudentsDislikePMModi and #StudentsHatesMrModi.
Following that, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi too had targetted the Prime Minister saying that the students wanted Modi to do 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' but the PM did 'Khilone Pe Charcha'." "Now I am regretting why my family voted for him in 2019. Worst PM ever! HRD minister says 80% of students downloaded Admit card...It doesn't mean we want to give exams...I will never vote for this man again," said Shubham More.
"Comment section is filled with educated persons..finally educated persons..finally educated people raising their voice...Bravo Students!!!," said another user. Check out the tweets below: