Only Centre can exempt TN from NEET: Stalin


Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday conceded on the floor of the State Assembly that only the Union government could offer an exemption to Tamil Nadu from NEET and that his party would have done it if the INDIA bloc had formed the government at the Centre. The DMK, in its election manifesto, had promised to secure exemption from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for Tamil Nadu.
Stalin made the admission intervening while Leader of Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami was speaking on the motion of thanks to the Governor’s address. Earlier, Palaniswami set the tone for a serial exchange with the CM when he wondered if the DMK regime would secure exemption from NEET as it promised ahead of the 2021 Assembly polls.
Upping his ante on the issue, EPS said that DMK MP Gandhiselvan was the Union MoS for Health when NEET was imposed and the DMK was part of that Congress-led government.