NEET PG 2023 counselling: Medical bodies support decision, Tamil Nadu CM slams Centre

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ALSO READ: NEET PG 2023: Health ministry reduces cut-off to zero across all categories Opposing the government's decision, Stalin wrote on X, "By reducing the NEET PG cut-off to 'zero', they are accepting that 'eligibility' in National 'Eligibility' Cum Entrance Test is meaningless. It's just about coaching centers and paying for the exam.

No more qualification is required." "NEET = 0. NEET has nothing to do with merit, which we have been saying all along.

It has become a mere formality, devoid of any real eligibility criteria," he wrote, adding, “The Union BJP Govt remained heartless despite so many precious lives were lost and has now come up with an order like this. The BJP Govt must be removed just for causing loss of lives with the guillotine called #NEET." His son -- Udhayanidhi Stalin -- on Wednesday alleged the Centre reducing the qualifying percentile for NEET PG 2023 to be eligible for counseling to zero has exposed the "conspiracy" of the national test.

Expressing his disappointment, FAIMA President Rohan Krishnan took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, "I completely disagree with the bizarre circular released by @MoHFW_INDIA of removing cut off bar from #NEETPG. @PMOIndia - it is only going to promote corruption and high fees in pvt medical colleges.

It is Shameful tht any medical body supported this step of zero percent merit. Medical Industry has come for sale in India and Merit is dying everyday." In a video posted on X, he further said, "I think it is only killing of merit and promoting students who require more attention towards the MBBS subjects," adding, "When we are taking an exam, the whole purpose of bringing a uniform examination pan-India was to make sure that the merit is the highest and nothing