Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin on Thursday said NEET had failed to deliver on its three key promises of reducing student load, eliminating commercialization and improving standards, and called for its scrapping.
In a post on X, Stalin said NEET has only shifted the center of learning from schools to coaching centres.
“The problem with NEET has always been structural and not just procedural. Recent events have demonstrated this concern,” he said.
Stalin said the ongoing student protests should serve as a “wake-up call” to the Union government and urged it to “trust the states” and scrap NEET.
Earlier on Wednesday, Stalin supported the protesting students in the national capital and called for the “abolition of NEET”, saying only “abolition” of the medical entrance exam can provide a lasting solution to the issues raised by the students.
In a post on
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“The student protest in New Delhi has now captured the attention of the entire country. We were the first to warn that NEET was designed to enable large-scale malfeasance. That is why the DMK opposed NEET from the beginning, and constantly pointed out the dangers it posed,” Stalin wrote.
Stalin further asserted that “abolition of NEET” should be at the heart of the ongoing CJP protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
“Tamil Nadu, which has led India in championing social justice and paved the way for the First Amendment, has only one demand: abolish NEET. More than any other demand, abolishing NEET must be at the heart of these protests. Only abolishing NEET will provide a lasting solution to all these problems. Ban NEET, save the students,” Stalin said.
