TN passes resolution to scrap NEET UG, Opp stalls Parliament session
The Tamil Nadu assembly passed a resolution seeking scrapping of the medical entrance test, NEET UG, even as the Parliament session was adjourned Friday June 28, 2024 after the Opposition parties insist for a discussion on the matter.
New Delhi/Chennai: The Tamil Nadu assembly passed a resolution seeking scrapping of the medical entrance test, NEET UG, even as the Parliament session was adjourned Friday June 28, 2024 after the Opposition parties insist for a discussion on the matter.
The Tamil Nadu resolution demanding scrapping of the NEET UG received supports from the ruling as well as the opposition parties and passed unanimously.
The resolution was introduced in the TN Assembly by Chief Minister MK Stalin amid nationwide outrage over alleged irregularities and malpractice, and reports of paper leak in the NEET-UG 2024 and the sudden postponement of the NEET-PG 2024 examinations.
Tamil Nadu has been consistently demanding from the government to exempt Tamil Nadu students from NEET UG, saying the medical entrance is against economically weaker students.
The state now passed resolution and urged the government to scrap the NNET exam.
"We want NEET to be abolished. We have passed a resolution in our Assembly, and it is still pending with the President for signature," Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP K Kanimozhi told reports in New Delhi.
Kanimozhi further said that a number of students have committed suicide as the earlier TN Assembly resolution seeking NEET UG exemption waits for the President’s nod.
Protest over NEET UG rocks Parliament
On Friday, the opposition parties led by LoP Rahul Gandhi raised the allegations of paper leak and irregularities in the NEET UG 2024.
As Rahul Gandhi raised the issue in the Lok Sabha, his microphone was muted by the Speaker, the Congress party alleged.
"While on one hand, Narendra Modi is not saying anything on NEET, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi is raising the voice of the youth in the House. But, on such a serious issue, a conspiracy is being hatched to suppress the voice of the youth by doing cheap acts like switching off the mic," Congress tweeted, sharing a video of the same.
Speaker, Om Birla, however refuted the Congress allegations and said he did not have any control over the microphone in the Lok Sabha.
The BJP led government meanwhile alleged the Congress and other opposition parties of disrupting the Parliament and not allowing the debate on the President’s address.
“There is no tradition of bringing an adjournment motion during the Motion of Thanks to the President's address.
"The opposition is making an unnecessary demand. The government is very much ready to speak on the issue of NEET," the government said.
NEET UG Fiasco
The NTA had conducted NEET UG 2024 on May 05, 2024. However, allegations of paper leak and irregularities are being raised since the day 1 of holding the exam.
Some candidates and their associates arrested by the Gujarat Police and Bihar Police have admitted receiving leaked papers a day before the exam.
Questions were also raised over grace marks given to 1,563 candidates in Haryana. The center announced invalidated the grace marks after the matter reached the Supreme Court of India and also announced a re-exam.
As per the NTA, only about 50% of the 1,563 candidates turned up for the re-exam.
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