"NEET Eliminates Poor": Ex-Judge Submits Report To Tamil Nadu Government

All other states except Tamil Nadu have accepted NEET.

Primary health care centres in rural Tamil Nadu will not get doctors in future if the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is continued, said AK Rajan, former judge in the Madras High Court, who has  submitted his report to the state government on the impact of the test. "NEET drives away the poor, only the rich and the affluent garner most seats. When you remove local students from studying MBBS, after becoming doctors affluent people are not going to serve in PHCs in remote areas. They will go abroad to continue studies and look after their life," Mr Rajan  told NDTV. While all other states except Tamil Nadu have accepted NEET, the former judge said: "Other states will soon join the demand. Tamil Nadu has been a pioneer in many issues. Earlier only we protested against Hindi imposition but now other southern states too are opposing." The state-constituted committee to study the impact of the test received more than 86,000 representations, said the former judge. NEET, the former judge said, is causing irreparable damage.