DMK UPS DEMAND FOR NEET ABOLITION

The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday said the opposition to NEET is an “all-India issue” now and sounded confident of seeing a “good result,” visa-vis its possible abolition, on a day when top Tamil actor Vijay backed an Assembly resolution against the central qualifying test piloted by the government recently.

The DMK’s students’ wing held a protest demanding the abolition of NEET, even as Opposition AIADMK and BJP hit out at the ruling party for “misleading people” and enacting a “drama” over the issue. NEET has been a sensitive issue in Tamil Nadu as scores of medical aspirants have died allegedly by suicide over the past few years, either over failing the exam or fears of unable to crack it. All major political parties, including the DMK and the AIADMK have been opposed to NEET.

DMK has been opposing NEET for long, claiming it was against social justice and state’s rights. It wants marks secured in the class 12 exams to be the criteria for medical admissions.

The DMK protest, titled “No More NEET” was led by the party’s Students Wing Secretary and Kancheepuram MLA, CVMP Ezhilarasan. The protesters were clad in black.