AIADMK general secretary and former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday, October 22, said the DMK’s recently launched signature campaign against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) was a drama before the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Though the DMK in its 2021 election manifesto had assured that it would scrap NEET immediately after coming to power, the party is now embarking on a campaign to get signatures from 50 lakh people after over two-and-a-half years of forming the government, he said, adding that since the 2024 parliamentary election was nearing, the DMK was staging this drama.
According to him, the DMK government’s only achievement was making Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi Stalin a Minister. He challenged Mr. Udhayanidhi, who had criticised the zero percentile for NEET PG, to scrap the test.
