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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has slammed Governor R N Ravi for his support of NEET and urged President Droupadi Murmu to clear the state bill seeking exemption for Tamil Nadu from the common medical entrance test, after the number of suicides over the issue rose to 16 in the state.
Stalin as per ANI report , Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu requesting to accord assent to Tamil Nadu Admission to Under Graduate Medical Degree Courses Bill, 2021.
CM has stated that, The NEET Exemption Bill passed by TN Govt is the outcome of Legislative consensus, stemming from the collective will of the people of Tamil Nadu. Each day of delay in its implementation costs not only valuable medical seats to deserving students but invaluable human lives to our society. I, therefore, solicit your immediate intervention in the matter and urge you to accord assent at the earliest to the above Bill passed by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
Following the deaths by suicide of a son and his father over NEET, Stalin sharpened his attack on Ravi.
While the CM said that the government would boycott the tea party to be hosted by the Governor on Independence Day, as a mark of opposition to his pro-NEET stand, Raj Bhavan announced that it was postponing the event.
