'NEET could be scrapped, only if..., Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin claims after 2 suicide incidents in the state
NEET) could be completely scrapped. His statement came following the deaths by suicide of a teen, a medical course aspirant, and his father over alleged NEET related stress. On Monday, Stalin urged President Droupadi Murmu to immediately give her assent to a state Bill that seeks to exempt Tamil Nadu from the ambit of the qualifying test.
The deceased, S Jegadeeswaran (19) was an aspirant, and hanged self after he flunked the NEET exams. A day later, unable to bear his son's grief, his father, Selvasekar also committed suicide. Before his death, Selvasekar had told ANI on Sunday that, "After he failed in NEET exam twice, we admitted him again in a coaching institute for repeating the exam.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said in his manifesto that he would save children's lives and cancel the NEET exam but yet, they did not ban this exam. I am a single parent; nobody should face this situation. The CM should take immediate steps." Amid differences with Governor RN Ravi over NEET, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said that he and his Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government will boycott Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi's Independence day tea party.
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