MK Stalin reiterates ‘stop NEET’ demand | India News – Times of India

CHENNAI:

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has reiterated his party DMK‘s demand to stop NEET, highlighting complaints about alleged irregularities in the medical entrance test this year.
In a post on X on Sunday, Stalin cited Gujarat police FIRs pertaining to invigilators allegedly tampering with OMR sheets in exchange for money amid claims about cheques, some of several crores and others blank.
“This conspiracy, implicating a school principal, a physics teacher, and several NEET coaching centres, underscores the urgent need for systemic change,” he posted.
Banning NEET has been one of the key demands of DMK and a poll promise. A few days back, Stalin had shared on social media the report of a panel, Justice A K Rajan committee, constituted by his govt to expose the purported flaws of NEET.
According to Stalin, the ongoing controversies around NEET highlight its “fundamentally inequitable nature”. “In a society where education has been denied for thousands of years, we should offer more opportunities for advancement of the oppressed. On the contrary, NEET hinders the opportunities of such students,” the CM wrote.
“NEET, an examination masquerading as a measure of merit, has repeatedly revealed itself as a perva-sive scam affecting all levels of society. The Union govt must stop defending this anti-student, anti-social justice, and anti-poor NEET system,” Stalin wrote.
Stalin’s sister and DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi echoed the NEET ban demand and called for a nationwide probe into recent irregularities..