The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has been accused of making false promises to the electorate that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) would be cancelled, despite knowing the fact that AIADMK government had to conduct the examinations on the basis of the Supreme Court order.
Levelling such allegations, Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly K Palaniswami said that the DMK, after coming to power, has now constituted a committee allegedly to fool the gullible public.
He further stated that this was just a drama of the ruling party and it had no real intention of scrapping the examination. Palaniswami has alleged that despite knowing that AIADMK was forced to conduct the NEET examination owing to the Supreme Court order, the then opposition leader MK Stalin and the DMK campaigned across the state that they would abolish the exam once they come to power.
He has called upon the government to clarify whether the NEET exams would be held or not as parents and students are confused. Former CM Palaniswami also dismissed the claims of state Medical and Family Welfare Minister Subramanian's claim that 7.5 per cent horizontal reservation to students of government schools was given for NEET admissions on the basis of recommendations from then opposition leader Stalin.
He said that his government had sanctioned the reservation for government students knowing all the difficulties faced by these students and had enacted a law without receiving any recommendations or requests from anyone.