Urging the Central government to exempt students from Tamil Nadu from the purview of the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET), sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran, who had earlier cancelled a protest following the Supreme Court order, on Sunday announced that his supporters would organise a public meeting against the exam at Tiruchi on September 16.
“It is essential for the Central government to give its assent to the Bills passed to exempt Tamil Nadu from NEET..,” Mr. Dhinakaran said in a statement. He said that the public meeting to be organised “on behalf of AIADMK (Amma)” would be organised at Uzhavar Sandhai ground at Tiruchi at 3 p.m. on September 16.
Tamil Nadu was “united in its voice” against NEET and former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had been opposing the implementation of the national level exam in Tamil Nadu. Also, students in the State were of the belief till the end that they would be exempted from the exam, he observed.