Panneerselvam criticises DMK for changing tack on NEET

Reacting to Medical Minister Ma Subramanian’s observation that NEET would be held this year, AIADMK coordinator O. Panneerselvam said this had exposed the DMK who, during the election campaign had promised it would repeal the test

AIADMK coordinator O. Panneerselvam, on Saturday said that but for the 7.5% law enacted by his party, while in power last year, on horizontal reservation for NEET-qualified students of government schools for admission to medical courses, the number of such students joining medical courses would have been hardly eight. In a statement, he recalled that in 2019-20, the number of government schools’ students joining the courses was six. The law was framed by the previous AIADMK regime, conscious of the difficulties faced by rural and the poor students in getting admission to the courses. As a result of the law, the number of the government school students joining the courses was more than 400.