Tamil Nadu NEET Bill: Stalin led meet resolves to send anti-NEET Bill again to TN Governor

CHENNAI: A meeting of parties, that have representation in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, on Saturday unanimously resolved to send again a Bill seeking exemption for the state from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test's purview to Governor R N Ravi to get Presidential assent.

The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister MK Stalin at the Secretariat, passed a resolution to convene a special sitting of the Assembly and get the Bill adopted again and send it to the Governor to forward it to the central government to get Presidential assent. The main opposition AIADMK, though did not take part in the meeting declared its support to all legal initiatives aimed at getting the test scrapped in Tamil Nadu. The BJP did not take part in the meeting.

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நீட் தேர்விலிருந்து விலக்கு தொடர்பான சட்டமுன்வடிவினை மீண்டும் நிறைவேற்றி, மாண்புமிகு குடியரசுத் தலைவரின் ஒப்புதலைப் பெற, மாண்புமிகு ஆளுநர் அவர்கள் மூலம் ஒன்றிய அரசுக்கு அனுப்பி வைப்பதற்கு ஏதுவாக,

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Tamil Nadu MPs protested in the parliament during the address by President Ram Nath Kovind before the Budget session over the delay in the NEET exemption bill due to the Tamil Nadu Governor's inaction. The NEET exemption was pending with the governor for his consideration. Later, Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi returned the bill saying it went against the interests of rural and economically poor students.