Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin calls for an all-party meet on 8 January

Amid rising voices of protest against the delay in NEET-PG counselling among resident doctors all over the country, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin on Thursday called for an all-party meet on 8 January.

Contending an all-party delegation MPs under DMK Lok Sabha member T R Baalu couldn’t secure an audience with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, the CM MK Stalin claimed that the Centre had not acted on the Tamil Nadu Assembly Bill seeking exemption for the state from NEET.

“In order to discuss the next plan of action, the State Government has convened an all-party meeting on January 8,” Stalin told the state Assembly. Making a statement on the floor of the House under rule 110, he appealed to the leaders of various political parties who have representation in the Assembly to extend their cooperation to the serious issue concerning the State’s students particularly those with rural background.

Recalling the unanimous Assembly bill passed in the House in September against NEET, Stalin said based on the decisions to be taken in the Saturday all-party meeting, “our struggle against NEET and for social justice will continue.”He reiterated NEET was against the interests of the rural students and charged the Centre, through the entrance test had “snatched away” states’ rights to decide on how it will conduct its medical admissions, with the state keen to do so only based on Class XII marks.

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He said the Bill sent to the Governor earlier had not been forwarded to the President of India and that he had personally taken up the matter with the Governor, following which a Baalu-led delegation had submitted a memorandum against NEET and the “losses” faced by students and the delay in getting the exemption with the President’s office.