PM should have spoken on NEET issue, 'exam pe charcha' overdue: Omar

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have spoken over the NEET row instead of attacking the opposition on the first day of Parliament session.

"While attacking the opposition is the prerogative of the Hon PM & we wouldn't expect BJP being humbled in the recent polls to change that, it would have been in the fitness of things for the Hon PM to spare a few words for the young men & women for whom the #NEET scandal is the only issue that matters," he said on X.

"Exam pe charcha isn't a one off but a long term commitment to the interests & concerns of students," Abdullah said.

He was responding to the prime minister's remarks in Parliament premises on the first day of the 18th Lok Sabha.

"People expect good steps from the opposition but it has been disappointing so far," the prime minister had said in Parliament premises.

"India needs a responsible opposition and people want substance not slogans. They want debate, ...