Union health ministry’s decision to make NEET available in eight regional languages has received much appreciation, but the exclusion of Urdu has not gone down well with the community.

The Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) has sent a memorandum to the Ministry of Health and Human Resource Development (HRD), demanding the inclusion of Urdu in the list of languages in which students would be able to appear for the examination. It has also threatened to move court if their demand was not met.