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The Economic Times
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Politics

DMK steps up demand to scrap NEET, justifies protests outside Parliament

Chennai: Reaffirming his party's long-standing opposition to NEET, senior DMK leader T K S Elangovan on Wednesday called for the immediate abolition of the centralised medical entrance exam, accusing the ruling BJP at the Centre of sustaining a system that "favours" commercial coaching centers and paper leak cartels over meritorious students.

Speaking on the party's primary political mandate, Elangovan emphasised that scrapping NEET has remained a core promise in DMK's election manifestos, backed consistently by voters across Tamil Nadu.

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