Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi Returns Anti-NEET Bill, Says Panel Report Reflects ‘Jaundiced View'

ABP Nadu has exclusively accessed the "message from the Governor '' to the Speaker in which the Governor has taken too harsh criticism against the findings of former Justice AK Rajan's committee.

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu legislative assembly is set to meet in a special session to reintroduce and pass an anti-NEET bill on Tuesday. The special session is convened since Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has resent the Bill for reconsideration to Tamil Nadu Assembly speaker Appavu with an explanation on February 1. 

Till Monday, there was no clarity on the reasons given by the Governor for rejecting the Bill. 

However, ABP Nadu has exclusively accessed the "message from the Governor" to the Speaker which states that Governor Ravi has taken too harsh criticism against the findings of former Justice AK Rajan's committee. The Governor has also used terms like "jaundiced view" in the message conveying the reasons for rejecting the Bill.

"I have carefully studied the Bill, accompanying documents and Report of High-Level Committee set up by the Tamil Nadu government to study the impact of NEET on medical admissions in Tamil Nadu, 2021," the governor said as quoted by ABP Nadu. 

"It is apparent from the above facts the report merely reflects the jaundiced view of the High-Level Committee," the Governor further said in a cruel jibe.

However, the Governor did not mention the name of former Justice AK Rajan's committee throughout the report and just maintained it as a report. Yet, the contributions of former justice AK Rajan in several committees of the state have been well-known.

Meanwhile, based on the ABP Nadu report, Dharmapuri MP Senthil Kumar said, “It is apparent from the above facts that the report merely reflects the #jaundiced_view  of the High-Level Committee'- Guv Ravi on rejecting NEET Bill sent by TN assembly.”

“Highly condemn the Governor's action in using unwanted words like Jaundiced View,” he said.

Rejecting the bill, the governor also said that according to the report NEET is heavily biased in favour of Physics, Chemistry and Biology instead of being open to test all possible knowledge as in the state Board exams.

However, "It is beyond argument that the medical profession is a highly specialised discipline of science in which a reasonably sound knowledge of the basics of Physics, Chemistry and Biology is a prerequisite. The report taking adverse note of tests in these essential subjects and instead of introducing an undefined concept of all possible knowledge appears bizarre and without merit," he said.

Meanwhile, if the state readopts the Bill on Tuesday then it will be the first time in the history of Tamil Nadu Assembly's history to re-adopt the same draft bill, reports The Hindu.