Chennai: Thirumavalavan has insisted that a bill should be passed in the upcoming Assembly session, demanding a NEET exemption for Tamil Nadu.
A protest was held in Chennai yesterday on behalf of the VCK, urging the demands that the Central Government should completely abandon the NEET exam and that the Tamil Nadu government should enact a law exempting the state from NEET.
The protest, led by VCK leader Thirumavalavan, was attended by the party’s general secretary Sinthanai Selvan, treasurer S.S. Balaji, Kattumannarkoil MLA Jothi, and many VCK members.
Speaking at the protest, Thirumavalavan said: A huge uproar broke out in Delhi a few days ago. This struggle did not stop with Delhi; it spread across India and evolved into a protest involving thousands of ordinary people in places like Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, accepting the demand put forward by the BJP, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned. BJP members, who had been acting as usual and saying this was the starting point of the downfall of BJP rule and that no one could even shake it, have now been shaken. They have yielded. This is a new history.
It is not only through Congress that people will punish the BJP; they have shown that punishment can also be delivered through the CJP. This is a lesson for every political party and for everyone in public life.
In Tamil Nadu too, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has changed the situation, where it was believed that only the AIADMK could defeat the DMK, and only the DMK could defeat the AIADMK.
From the beginning, our demand has been that NEET should not exist—not just in Tamil Nadu, but across India, the NEET exam should not exist. Moreover, the permanent solution to these problems is to bring education under the State List.
The Tamil Nadu government must pass a bill in the upcoming Assembly session seeking exemption for Tamil Nadu from NEET. Our demand is also that the National Testing Agency should be dissolved. He said this.
