Chennai: With no signs of the Centre granting approval for the NEET exemption Bill of Tamilnadu Assembly and with suicides of students continuing in the State, the row is once again heating up.
DMK Parliamentary Party Leader TR Baalu has said that a delegation of all party MPs would meet President Ram NatWith no signs of the Centre granting approval for the NEET exemption Bill of Tamilnadu Assembly and with suicides of students continuing in the State, the row is once again heating up.h Kovind and complain about Governor RN Ravi holding back the Bill Passed by the Tamilnadu Assembly, seeking exemption of the State from NEET without referring it to the President.
‘The Tamilnadu Assembly adopted a Bill to abolish NEET on 13 September, 2021 and the Bill was sent to Governor of Tamilnadu. In turn, the Governor should have sent the Bill to the President for his assent. But, the governor has been sitting on the Bill; he didnāt do his duty. The Centre must look into the issue’, he said.
Meanwhile, in the wake of two NEET candidates ending their lives, AIADMK joint coordinator and former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday demanded that the State government commence coaching classes for the medical entrance test. Coaching should be provided till the State gets an exemption from the test, he added.
Demanding that a financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh be given to the families of deceased students, Palaniswami appealed to the students against taking the extreme step.
PMK founder S Ramadoss has urged the State government to call for an all-party meeting to discuss about the steps to be taken to get approval for the NEET Exemption Bill, before the start of the next academic year.
In a statement, he pointed out there was no hint of progress on the issue. ‘The students should not be made scapegoats for the NEET exemption issue, and the dreams of students from the poorer sections must not be shattered,’ he said.