West Bengal NEET UG Counselling 2025: WBMCC Stopped MBBS, BDS Admission; Details Here

West Bengal NEET UG Counselling 2025: A big update has come for students waiting for West Bengal NEET UG 2025 counselling. Just one day before the round 1 seat allotment result, the West Bengal Medical Counselling Committee (WBMCC) announced that the MBBS and BDS admission process has been stopped until further notice.

This news shocked students because the revised merit list for the 85% state quota seats had already been published a day earlier. Around 11,178 students who were included in this list are now confused and worried as there is no clear reason given for the sudden pause.In the name of an “Urgent Notice,” the West Bengal government has indefinitely suspended the WB NEET UG Medical Dental Counseling and Admission process without giving any proper reason! The future of the state’s medical students has been pushed into darkness.

In the name of an “Urgent Notice,” the West Bengal government has indefinitely suspended the WB NEET UG Medical Dental Counseling and Admission process without giving any proper reason! The future of the state’s medical students has been pushed into darkness.

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— Dr. Sukanta Majumdar (@DrSukantaBJP) August 18, 2025

Why Was NEET Admission Stopped in West Bengal?

The Calcutta High Court had earlier put the admission process on hold due to a legal fight about OBC reservation. Later, the court allowed the process to continue and asked the WBJEEB board to publish a new merit list by August 22, 2025.

Following this, the WBMCC published the revised merit list on August 16, and as per the plan, the round 1 seat allotment result was supposed to be declared on August 20 after 4 PM, with college reporting from August 21 to 23. But now, all plans are suspended.

Union Minister Reacts

Union Minister of State for Education, Sukanta Majumdar, criticized the West Bengal government’s move. He posted on X (Twitter) saying that the decision has pushed the future of medical students into darkness. He also questioned why the counselling process, once started, was suddenly stopped.

He added that this could be a way of giving special benefits to a particular group in the name of reservation, which he called unfair.

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