Stalin urges Jayalalithaa to bring in resolution to stop NEET in TN

DMK treasurer MK Stalin on Monday urged Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to get a resolution passed in the state Assembly to prevail upon the Centre to ensure that there is no entrance examination for medical admissions in Tamil Nadu.

He was referring to Centre's ordinance that exempted state government medical colleges from the Supreme Court-mandated single All India entrance examination for a year.

"A resolution should be adopted in the Assembly to urge the Centre that entrance examinations should be fully done away with in Tamil Nadu (in future also)."

The resolution should be adopted unnanimously, he said in a Facebook post and urged Jayalalithaa to "ensure that there is no entrance examination in Tamil Nadu."

Entrance examinations for professional courses like medicine and engineering were rescinded in 2006 to protect the interests of minorities, rural, backward, most backward and SC, ST, students, he recalled.

"Entrance examination will shatter the aspirations of rural, poor students, backward, SC, ST, and minorities," he said adding social justice should be protected.

On May 24, Jayalalithaa in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked the Centre to ensure that entrance examination for medical admissions "is not forced" on Tamil Nadu in future too as its implementation would "nullify" the State's welfare oriented initiatives and socio-economic objectives.

On May 13, addressing an election rally at Palayamkottai, she had said steps would be taken to see that there was no entrance test. She had also said if necessary, a legislation would be enacted to ensure status quo of admitting students based on their class XII marks.