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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written an open letter to President Droupadi Murmu seeking assent to the NEET Exemption Bill. The state government has been vehemently opposing the centralised medical entrance exam.
The bill was reintroduced in the state assembly and has been passed by it, however, it has not got the assent of the governor till now.
The open letter came after the reports of a Chennai NEET aspirant and his father allegedly committing suicide came in.
In his letter, the Tamil Nadu CM said, “Each day of delay in its implementation costs not only valuable medical seats to deserving candidates but invaluable human lives to our society.”
He appealed to the President to accord assent to the bill at the earliest. The CM also said that all matters that have a direct connection to people should be brought under the Constitution’s state list, particularly education. “ Only if education is moved to the state list of Constitution, qualifying examination method like the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) could be completely scrapped.”
(With inputs from PTI)
