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JEE Main 2025 Session Two: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has ordered a probe as some JEE Main session two aspirants claim that they missed the national level engineering exam after arriving late to the centres, allegedly due to traffic restrictions imposed for Kalyan’s official convoy. JEE Main aspirants claimed that due to traffic restrictions, some of the aspirants missed reaching the exam centre located in the Pendurthi area.
As reported by news agency, PTI, over 25 candidates were barred from appearing in the JEE Main 2025 due to the restrictions. The release shared on the microblogging site, X by the Pawan Kalyan office asked the Visakhapatnam police to inquire into this issue and know for how long the traffic was stopped for the convoy.
“Deputy Chief Minister Sri @PawanKalyan has ordered an inquiry into the news reports that some students were unable to appear for the JEE exam in the Pendurthi area by searching for real reasons. How long was the traffic stopped for the convoy? What was the traffic situation on the routes where the students had to reach the exam center at that time? Was any traffic control done on the service roads? He has clarified to the Visakhapatnam police to inquire into such issues.” read the official release from the office of the Pawan Kalyan.
విద్యార్థులు పరీక్ష అందుకోలేకపోయిన పరిస్థితిపై విచారణ చేయాలి. పెందుర్తి ప్రాంతంలో జె.ఈ.ఈ. పరీక్షకు కొందరు విద్యార్థులు అందుకోలేకపోవడానికి ఉప ముఖ్యమంత్రి కాన్వాయి కారణమని వచ్చిన వార్తా కథనాలను పరిగణనలోకి తీసుకొని వాస్తవ కారణాలను అన్వేషించి విచారణ చేపట్టాలని ఉప ముఖ్యమంత్రి శ్రీ…
— Deputy CMO, Andhra Pradesh (@APDeputyCMO) April 7, 2025
B Kalavathi, the mother of a student appearing for the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2025, claimed that her son was delayed due to traffic restrictions enforced for Kalyan’s convoy. “We were stuck in traffic. It was halted because Kalyan was on his way to Araku,” Kalavathi told PTI, adding that the roads were cleared to allow the actor-politician’s convoy to pass.
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According to her, they reached NAD junction at 7.50 am but took 42 minutes to cover the remaining distance to the exam centre, arriving too late and being denied entry. “Nearly 30 students were affected. We pleaded repeatedly but were not allowed in,” she said, referring to their failed attempts to gain entry into the exam hall.
Anil Kumar, another parent, observed that even a five-minute exemption by the examination centre could have saved the day—and possibly an entire academic year—for his daughter, who also missed the exam.
Meanwhile, Visakhapatnam police issued a statement denying any connection between the convoy and the students’ late arrival. “It is clear that the Deputy CM’s movement through the area at 8.41 am has no connection to the late arrival of students, who were expected to report by 7 am and certainly before 8.30 am,” the police said.
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Further, the police emphasised that the number of absentees among examinees was the lowest today. “Moreover, no traffic was blocked on the BRTS road or the service roads between Gopalapatnam and Pendurthi at any time before 8.30 am to ensure the free movement of examinees to the examination centre, which is located next to a service road,” the police added. The Janasena founder visited the Araku constituency on Monday to interact with tribal communities and launch a few road construction projects.
The JEE Main 2025 exam is underway from April 2 to April 9. The BTech and BE papers has been scheduled for April 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8, while the BArch and BPlanning papers (Paper 2A and Paper 2B) will be held on April 9.
(with PTI inputs)
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