Tamil Nadu CM vs NEET- Know all Facts

During his Independence Day address in Chennai on Tuesday, August 15, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin proposed that education be moved from the concurrent list to the state list of the Constitution in order to eliminate the National Eligibility Cumulative Entrance Test (NEET). Stalin’s comments follow the weekend deaths of a teenager and his father, who is believed to have committed suicide. S. Jagadeeshwaran, a 19-year-old, committed suicide on Saturday, August 12 in the evening after failing to pass the NEET exam. A day later, P. Selvasekar (48), the student’s father, was discovered dead in his Chrompet, Chennai, home. The father allegedly committed suicide because he couldn’t handle losing his son.

Tamil Nadu CM on NEET Exam

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin proposed on Tuesday shifting education from the Concurrent List of the Constitution to the State List is the best method to eliminate the National Eligibility Cumulative Entrance Test (NEET).

He said all subjects that have a direct connection to people should be brought under Constitution’s state list, in particular education. Only if education is moved to the state list of the Constitution, qualifying examination methods like the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (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.

Dm Stalin expressed his sorrow over the deaths and pleaded with students to refrain from taking such drastic measures. “The NEET that is impeding your advancement may undoubtedly be eliminated. The Tamil Nadu government has taken legal action in response,” he had stated.

RN Ravi, the governor of Tamil Nadu, stirred up more controversy earlier this week when he declared that he would “never give clearance” for the “anti-NEET Bill” during a ceremony honoring NEET achievers on August 12. Ravi then retracted his statement and said that the President alone is the competent authority to make decisions about the Bill after receiving criticism from the elected DMK government.

Tamil Nadu vs Centre Amid Row over Neet:  The Beginning

The ongoing battle between Tamil Nadu and the Centre over the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical courses erupted dramatically when a 48-year-old single parent was discovered dead at his home outside Chennai, just two days after his 19-year-old son, Jagadeeswaran, committed suicide after failing the exam twice.

Jagadeeswaran committed himself on Saturday, the same day that state Governor R N Ravi, who has been staunchly opposed to legislative efforts to exempt Tamil Nadu from the all-India entrance exam, declared he would “never, ever” assent to the Assembly’s anti-NEET Bill.

In his Independence Day speech, Stalin argued that the state list of the Constitution should include all topics that directly affect people, including education. Qualification tests like the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) could only be entirely abolished if education is added to the Constitution’s list of states, the chief minister said.

Stalin requested President Droupadi Murmu to swiftly give her approval to a state Bill that seeks to exempt Tamil Nadu from the scope of the qualifying test following the suicides of an adolescent, a medical course applicant, and his father due to suspected NEET-related stress on Monday.

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