DMK general secretary and Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan, on Saturday, alleged that the AIADMK and the BJP refused to participate in the all-party meeting to discuss the Governor’s decision to return the Bill against NEET, as they “suffer from the guilt” of being “responsible for imposing NEET on Tamil Nadu students”.
Rejecting the criticism of AIADMK coordinator O. Panneerselvam that NEET would not have been introduced if the DMK had withdrawn its support to the erstwhile Congress government at the Centre, Mr. Duraimurugan alleged it was the AIADMK government that had implemented NEET, triggering suicide of students.
He said NEET could not enter Tamil Nadu as long as the DMK government led by M. Karunanidhi was in power. “The DMK, which was part of the Congress-led government, had obtained a stay against NEET in the Madras High Court. Subsequently, the Supreme Court also ruled against NEET. It came to an end during the rule of the Congress-led government,” Mr. Duraimurgan asserted.
