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Heat over NEET in TN Assembly
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) - the entrance exam for medical colleges - generated heated debate in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday.
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On the second day of the session, TN assembly witnessed heated debate between CM K Palaniswami and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) DMK Chief MK Stalin.
On an accusatory note Stalin invoked former CM Annadurai (today is his birthday) and said the AIADMK has compromised on two key ideals of the Dravidian leader, two-language policy and federalism.
He questioned why the resolution passed in the state assembly against NEET is still kept waiting by the Central government.
He urged the state government to pass a resolution against central government regarding its stance in NEET.
CM Palaniswami returned all the accusations to Stalin saying that it is the DMK-Congress coalition that ensconced NEET exams in education.
Palaniswami replying to a Special Call Attention motion said NEET was brought by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in which DMK was a partner.
Palaniswami said it was late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa who had moved the apex court to get NEET cancelled. But it was the UPA government which brought it back.
Palaniswami said it was late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa who had moved the apex court to get NEET cancelled. But it was the UPA government which brought it back.
He also said it was the DMK which is responsible for the death of 13 medical college aspirants in the state.
Members of Congress objected when AIADMK lawmaker Inbadurai said it was advocate Nalini Chidambaram, wife of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who had argued in favour of NEET in the court.
Inbadurai also said DMK was part of UPA when NEET was introduced. Palaniswami said it was not wrong information.
Congress members demanded the Speaker expunge Inbadurai's remarks which the latter refused.
With the Congress lawmakers continuing to disrupt proceedings, Speaker P. Dhanapal ordered the marshals to evict them.
Inbadurai also said DMK was part of UPA when NEET was introduced. Palaniswami said it was not wrong information.
Congress members demanded the Speaker expunge Inbadurai's remarks which the latter refused.
With the Congress lawmakers continuing to disrupt proceedings, Speaker P. Dhanapal ordered the marshals to evict them.
DMK leader Durai Murugan had then questioned theSpeaker over whether the expelled members would be allowed to take partin the proceedings tomorrow. The TN Speaker had said that the membershad been expelled only for today and would be allowed to attend thesession tomorrow.
On his part DMK President and Leader of the Opposition M.K. Stalin, speaking on the motion, said NEET was not there in the state till late M. Karunanidhi was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Stalin said the central government was silent on the two resolutions unanimously passed by the Assembly to exempt Tamil Nadu from NEET.
Stalin assured of DMK's support for the government to take necessary action so that admissions of medical colleges are made based on the marks secured by the students in their plus two exams.
He also urged the state government to pass a resolution condemning the central government for not scrapping NEET and not respecting the students' sentiments.
Stalin has also demanded that Chief Minister Palaniswami present a white paper over the COVID-19 pandemic during the current session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
Tamil Nadu is one of the most severely affected States by the pandemic. It has 46,912 active cases, while 4,53, 165 patients have been cured and discharged so far in the state, according to the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. 8,434 deaths have also been reported due to the disease in the state so far.
Tamil Nadu is one of the most severely affected States by the pandemic. It has 46,912 active cases, while 4,53, 165 patients have been cured and discharged so far in the state, according to the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. 8,434 deaths have also been reported due to the disease in the state so far.
Tomorrow, Wednesday is the final session of the three-day assembly that begun on September 14.
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