On Sunday, Minister of State L Murugan slammed Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin stating that he and his son, Udhayanidhi Stalin, are deceiving the people with their anti-NEET stand. The DMK government has been demanding the abolition of the NEET exam and staged protests earlier and have also launched a signature campaign.
In a statement on Sunday, L Murugan reportedly said, “I have been saying continuously that neither the Centre nor the State government can do anything without getting an order in the pending NEET case in the Supreme Court. Despite knowing this, Stalin came to power by deceiving the people by saying in the poll campaign that he would sign the first signature to scrap NEET and win in the election. But today, he is running a signature movement which he cannot do while in power. I ask Stalin that to whom he is going to hand over all the signatures? To the Central government or Governor or Supreme Court?”
The Minister of State further questioned whether it was fair of Stalin to provoke the people of Tamil Nadu on the NEET issue when he could not convince his alliance parties about the NEET exemption. In October, M K Stalin and Udhayanidhi launched a signature campaign and asked that around 50 lakh signatures be mobilized over the next 50 days. Stalin wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on October 21, “I have signed the petition against the NEET exam in Thambhi@Udhaystalin Are you…? #BanNEET #NEET Exclusion is our goal!”
“The DMK’s @dmk_youthwing, @dmk_studentwing, and @MedicalwingDMK have launched a massive signature campaign against NEET injustice today. This movement will span all of Tamil Nadu to express our anti-NEET stance against the Union Government. Started by DMK, it now stands as a people’s movement. Join us at https://banneet.in/#sign and stand united to abolish NEET,” Udayanidhi Stalin wrote on X on October 21.