Urging the Centre to scrap NEET, Congress Karur MP S Jothimani said Monday that state governments should be allowed to develop an admission process based on the higher secondary scores.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, Jothimani said, “We, the people of Tamil Nadu, strongly oppose NEET. There are other states, including the states run by the BJP alliance, which join the fight against NEET. It is strongly believed that NEET is a test of the means of capability of social and financial capital where the most privileged ones who can afford to spend exorbitant amounts on coaching institutes take the cake.”
She said that students in Tamil Nadu had died by suicide due to NEET. She said that Tamil Nadu has historically stood against the concept of entrance exams which “contravene the principle of social justice, as substantiated by the A K Rajan Committee Report”.
The report, she said, found that after NEET was introduced, fewer students from rural areas and those studying in Tamil medium schools were able to get admission in medical colleges in the state. Based on the report, the State Legislative Assembly passed the TN Admission to Undergraduate Medical Courses Act, 2021, she said.
SAD Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur raised concern about corruption in the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) supplementary nutrition programme in Punjab and claimed that fake beneficiaries were allegedly receiving aid through private entities. “… I demand that the (state) government and ministers should be penalised after a CBI inquiry is conducted,” she said.
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