Chennai, Jan 14 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday

welcomed the Centre's decision to postpone the UGC NET exams in the

State, which coincided with the Pongal festival.

In a post on X, he said "I had written to the Hon’ble Union Education Minister

requesting the rescheduling of the UGC NET exams".

"It is a rightful decision that the exams have now been postponed", he said.

It has become a recurring practice for the Union Government to announce

major exams on Tamil cultural festival days, only to reschedule them following

state intervention, Mr Stalin said.

"Let us hope that, moving forward, every institution in this country respects

its rich diversity and considers the sentiments of all its people when making

decisions", he added.

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