Denouncing the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Udhayanidhi Stalin, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, said that Tamil Nadu was the medical hub of the country, with some of the world’s best hospitals and doctors, and here, many renowned doctors had not cleared NEET.
Campaigning for the party’s Erode Parliamentary constituency candidate K.E. Prakash in Othakadai in Modakkurichi, Mr. Udhayanidhi said former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami had betrayed the people of the State by joining hands with the BJP-led Union government to snatch the rights of the State. “Not only were the rights of our State grabbed, but the education, financial and language rights of many other States also met the same fate,” he said.
Mr. Udhayanidhi said that in 2010, then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi had opposed NEET, as, he said, students would need to spend lakhs of rupees to attend coaching classes. “Tamil Nadu has the world’s best hospitals and best doctors, who have not taken the NEET,” he said, adding that 22 medical aspirants had ended their lives due to NEET in T.N. The DMK, had in its election manifesto in 2021, said it would get the State exempted from the entrance exam, and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is taking steps to fulfill this promise, he said.
