Chennai: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday slammed Governor RN Ravi for his assist of NEET and urged President Droupadi Murmu to clear the state invoice in search of exemption for Tamil Nadu from the frequent medical entrance check after the variety of suicides over the difficulty rose to 16 within the state. Following the deaths by suicide of a son and his father right here over NEET, Stalin sharpened his assault on Ravi.
Whereas the CM mentioned that the federal government would boycott the tea occasion to be hosted by the Governor on Independence Day, as a mark of opposition to his pro-NEET stand, Raj Bhavan introduced that it was suspending the occasion. Hours following Stalin’s announcement and after the allies of the ruling DMK, together with Left events, mentioned they too would avoid the operate, Raj Bhavan mentioned the occasion has been deferred because of rains.
On August 12, 19-year-old Jagadeeswaran, who needed to check medication by clearing NEET, died by suicide after not clearing the doorway check. The next day, his father ended his life.
Pointing to their deaths, Stalin conveyed to President Murmu in a letter: “With this, the toll of scholars who’ve died by suicide because of NEET has elevated to 16 in our State. These tragedies might have been positively prevented if our invoice for exemption from NEET had been given assent and the medical admissions completed on the premise of +2 marks.”
Stalin referred to the “unlucky penalties” because of the delay within the grant of approval to the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Diploma Programs Invoice, 2021 and urged her to supply assent instantly.
The principal opposition, AIADMK, flayed the DMK regime for doing valuable little on its ballot assurance to get the check cancelled. Although the DMK has 38 MPs it didn’t stall Parliament on the NEET difficulty, and Stalin and his son Udhayanidhi, now a minister, made a number of “false” guarantees, together with that they’d “cancel” the check, forward of the 2021 Meeting election solely to seize energy, it mentioned.
Interesting to college students to shun suicidal tendencies, Chief Minister Stalin instructed them to be assured and expressed hope that NEET obstacles would come down crashing following a regime change on the Centre after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Taking goal at Ravi for commenting that he would by no means affix his signature to permit NEET to be deserted if he “had the ability to take action”, the chief minister hinted that such pro-NEET folks would disappear with the change of guard on the Centre.
“The Governor’s remark is irresponsible and belittles Tamil Nadu’s seven-year-long anti-NEET wrestle,” the CM mentioned.
“It seems that Governor Ravi desires the Invoice to be shelved. NEET examination has develop into costly and might be afforded solely by the wealthy,” the chief minister identified.
Those that can’t afford to check by spending big sums of cash on teaching centres failed within the check, he claimed, including that issues have come to such a move that medical training is accessible solely to those that have cash.
“Despite this, the state authorities introduced 7.5 per cent reservation for the poor college students of presidency faculties in medical schools. However, the Governor refuses to grasp. There’s a doubt that he’s performing like a puppet of the teaching centres,” Stalin alleged.
#NEET எனும் கொடிய துயரத்தை ஒழிக்க நாம் மேற்கொள்ளும் பல்வேறு முயற்சிகளில் மாண்புமிகு குடியரசுத் தலைவர் திருமதி. திரவுபதி முர்மு அவர்களுக்கு எழுதியுள்ள இந்தக் கடிதமும் ஒன்று!#NEET-ஐ ஒழிக்கும் வரை நாம் ஓயமாட்டோம்!
This letter to Hon’ble President Tmt. Droupadi Murmu is one amongst… pic.twitter.com/8A8VK7cT3g
— M.Ok.Stalin (@mkstalin) August 14, 2023
Stalin, Minister Udhayanidhi and leaders of varied events, together with the BJP, condoled the deaths. Udhayanidhi asserted that the authorized wrestle in opposition to the check would proceed.
“Ranging from Anitha (Ariyalur District), many invaluable lives (of aspirants) had been misplaced in Tamil Nadu because of the NEET examination technique… Our conscience is shaken by the ethical questions raised by their deaths,” Stalin mentioned in a press release.
“Ravi is callously making pro-NEET feedback with out realising how college students from poor, odd and middle-class backgrounds are shedding good alternatives because of that check. The Governor’s actions seem like detached to the coed deaths because of NEET,” the CM additional mentioned.
Following the federal government’s resolution to boycott the Governor’s I-Day tea occasion, an official Raj Bhavan assertion mentioned the reception was being postponed on account of rain.
“In view of heavy rains and to keep away from any inconvenience to the friends, Raj Bhavan determined to postpone the At House Reception. Nevertheless, the At House Reception will likely be hosted quickly and the date will likely be communicated in the end,” the assertion mentioned.
As a result of incessant heavy rains, the primary lawns in Raj Bhavan are flooded and the meteorological division has predicted that thunderstorms and rains would proceed on August 15 additionally, it added.
