NEET 2021: DMK Responsible For The Death Of Medical Aspirant, Says AIADMK Leader

The state government did not provide proper information about NEET and as a result both students and their parents are in a confused state, said the AIADMK leader. 

Edappadi Palaniswami (File Picture)

Chennai: The ruling DMK is responsible for the death of the 19-year-old medical aspirant in Salem district, said AIADMK leader and former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday. 

Speaking to reporters, Palaniswami said that ahead of the election, the DMK had announced that they would cancel the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) immediately after forming the government and the same was mentioned in their election manifesto but they did not cancel the examination till date. 

Students & their parents were totally confused over the conduction of NEET exam here. There is no clear stand taken by the DMK govt on NEET. Yesterday, a student, Danush committed suicide. DMK is responsible for it: Former Tamil Nadu CM & AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami(1/2) pic.twitter.com/dFNN9V1ZSb

— ANI (@ANI) September 13, 2021

“The state government did not provide proper information about the examination. As a result, both students and their parents are in a confused state. Even when I asked the chief minister directly whether the examination would be conducted or not, he did not give a straight answer,” he said. 

If only the state government would have given a proper answer regarding the examination, students would have prepared well for the examination, he said and added that students did not prepare well for the examination as the government continued to assure that the examination would be cancelled and kept them in a confused state. 

Pointing out that a medical aspirant committed suicide just a few hours before NEET in Salem district, he said that DMK is responsible for the boy’s death. 

According to ANI, the AIADMK leader had said that they would support the NEET resolution but they had decided to walk out of the assembly in protest as students could not prepare well for the exam because of the DMK’s promise to scrap NEET.