DMK for statewide campaign against NEET

Chennai The DMK was planning a statewide campaign against the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) to highlight its shortcomings, including the effect on the mental health of children and their parents.

A senior leader of the ruling party in Tamil Nadu told IANS that the recent death of a 17-year-old Jagadeeswaran and his father Selva Sekhar after the boy failed to clear NEET-2023 was a clear indicator of how NEET was affecting children and parents.

He said that the ruling DMK was totally against NEET and that the party was planning a statewide campaign. The DMK has been a vociferous critic of NEET. The Chief Minister, MK Stalin has announced that the Tamil Nadu government would boycott the ‘At Home’ celebration at the Raj Bhavan as part of the Independence Day celebrations to protest against the position taken by the Tamil Nadu Governor, RN Ravi.

The opposition AIADMK has already claimed that the DMK was shedding crocodile tears over the death of students by suicide due to failure in NEET.