NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, FEB 5
Days after Governor RN Ravi returned a NEET Bill stating it as against ‘poor students’ interest. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday said that the state would convene a special assembly to pass another bill for exemption of NEET.
நூற்றாண்டுகாலப் போராட்டத்தின் காரணமாக ஒடுக்கப்பட்ட மக்களுக்குத் திறக்கப்பட்ட கல்விக் கதவுகளை மூடுவதற்கான அத்தனை முயற்சிகளும் வெவ்வேறும் வடிவங்களில் வருகின்றன. அதில் நீட் தேர்வும் ஒன்று.
எதிரிகளையும் துரோகிகளையும் எதிர்கொண்டு #NEET-க்கு எதிரான போரில் தமிழ்நாடு நிச்சயம் வெல்லும்! pic.twitter.com/PvqqvJkzO4
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) February 5, 2022
The CM’s announcement came after an all-party meeting on the issue, where he alleged that the Governor did not perform his duty by procrastinating on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test exemption bill.
நீட் தேர்விலிருந்து விலக்கு தொடர்பாக, சட்டமன்றத்தின் சிறப்புக் கூட்டத்தைக் கூட்டுவதென மாண்புமிகு முதலமைச்சர் @mkstalin அவர்கள் தலைமையில் நடைபெற்ற அனைத்து சட்டமன்றக் கட்சித் தலைவர்களுடனான ஆலோசனைக் கூட்டத்தில் முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.#NEET pic.twitter.com/ydcJu4G6a1
— CMOTamilNadu (@CMOTamilnadu) February 5, 2022
“The Governor had sat on the Bill for 142 days before returning it to the government. I met the governor in person on the NEET exam issue,” said Stalin while addressing the all-party meeting at the secretariat in Chennai.
“The bill was adopted in the assembly keeping in mind the demand of 8 crore people seeking exemption from NEET exam. It was passed unanimously in the state assembly. I ask you all – representatives of political parties – to give your valuable feedback in today’s all-party meeting. The Governor did not bother to send it to the President for his consent,” the CM added.
தமிழ்நாடு சட்டமன்றத்தின் சிறப்புக் கூட்டத்தைக் கூட்டுவதென மாண்புமிகு முதலமைச்சர் @mkstalin அவர்கள் தலைமையில் நடைபெற்ற அனைத்து சட்டமன்றக் கட்சித் தலைவர்களுடனான ஆலோசனைக் கூட்டத்தில் முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.
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— CMOTamilNadu (@CMOTamilnadu) February 5, 2022
Stalin said that he had also appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the same issue via a video conferencing meeting when he inaugurated 11 new medical colleges.
The BJP as well as the Main Opposition AIADMK boycotted the all-party meeting held earlier in the day.
However, the saffron party’s ally AIADMK has released a statement saying that it is against the NEET and will support the Tamil Nadu government on the exemption of the exam in the state.
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Thursday returned the MK Stalin-led DMK government’s NEET exemption bill, stating that it goes against the interests of rural students.
According to a Raj Bhavan release, “The governor, after a detailed study of the L.A.Bill No.43 of 2021 for admission to Undergraduate Medical Courses seeking exemption from NEET, and the Report of the High-Level Committee constituted by the State Government in this regard, is of the opinion that the Bill is against interests of the students especially the rural and economically poor students of the State.”
“Hence, the Hon’ble Governor has returned the Bill to the Hon’ble Speaker, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on February 01, 2022, giving detailed reasons, for its re-consideration by the House, ” it added.
The state assembly had in September last year passed a bill to scrap NEET.
The move came after a 19-year-old medical aspirant was found dead at his home in Salem hours before the NEET exam in 2021.
The bill seeks to provide for admission to UG courses in medicine, dentistry, Indian medicine and homoeopathy on the basis of marks obtained in the qualifying examination, (class 12) for the next 10 years.
