C Joseph Vijay calls for complete abolition of NEET

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay reiterated his demand for the abolition of NEET, calling it the only solution to the issue. He backed the Opposition's protest over the alleged paper leak and termed Rahul Gandhi's arrest "anti-democratic" and condemnable

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday said the Union government must respect the sentiments of the people and students on the NEET issue and scrap the exam altogether, saying that this is the only solution to the issue.

Extending his party’s support to the Opposition’s protest outside Parliament to express solidarity with students protesting against the alleged NEET paper leak issue, Vijay said the arrest of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and other leaders over the NEET protest in Delhi was “anti-democratic” and the action was “condemnable”.

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Vijay asserted that TVK’s stand on abolishing NEET is uncompromising. However, he said his party will not give false assurances for the sake of “vote politics”, apparently targeting Tamil Nadu’s main opposition DMK.

Wearing black clothes, leaders of several Opposition parties on Wednesday staged a protest outside Parliament over the NEET issue.