State Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Udayanidhi Stalin launched an “egg campaign” as a satirical response to the Union government’s decision to reduce the qualifying percentile for PG Courses (Medical) for NEET PG Counselling 2023 to ‘ZERO’ across all categories.
NEET Ban: To highlight the shortcomings, including the effect on the mental health of children and their parents, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK), the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, has been actively protesting against the administration of the NEET examination. Earlier on Saturday, the DMK initiated a statewide signature drive in opposition to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) being held in Tamil Nadu. This campaign was officially inaugurated by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
Taking to X(formally Twitter), Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote, “I have signed the petition against the NEET exam in Thambhi@Udhaystalin Are you…? #BanNEET #NEET Exclusion is our goal!.” Through this initiative, the party’s objective is to gather 5 million signatures within a span of 50 days from various regions in the state, symbolizing their opposition to NEET.
தம்பி @Udhaystalin முன்னெடுப்பில் நடைபெறும் நீட் தேர்வுக்கு எதிரான கையெழுத்து இயக்கத்துல, நான் கையெழுத்து போட்டுடேன்.
நீங்க…?#BanNEET#NEET விலக்கு நம் இலக்கு!@EzhilarasanCvmp@Dr_Ezhilan@DrKanimozhiSomu@rajiv_dmk@dmk_youthwing @dmk_studentwing @MedicalwingDMK pic.twitter.com/ftOnEmLgn8
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) October 21, 2023
NEET PG 2023 Cut-Off Reduction: Udayanidhi Stalin Launches an “Egg Campaign”
The DMK has been a vociferous critic of NEET. State Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Udayanidhi Stalin launched an “egg campaign” as a satirical response to the Union government’s decision to reduce the qualifying percentile for PG Courses (Medical) for NEET PG Counselling 2023 to ‘ZERO’ across all categories. Udhayanidhi officially inaugurated the signature campaign opposing NEET by being the first to sign a postcard at Kalaivanar Arangam in Chennai. Similarly, Chief Minister M K Stalin also endorsed his opposition to NEET by signing a postcard during a gathering of social media influencers in Chennai.
#நீட்_விலக்கு_நம்_இலக்கு#BanNEET @EzhilarasanCvmp @Dr_Ezhilan @DrKanimozhiSomu @rajiv_dmk@dmk_youthwing @dmk_studentwing @MedicalwingDMK pic.twitter.com/h3z8hS4vVB
— Udhay (@Udhaystalin) October 21, 2023
“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,” reads Udayanidhi Stalin’s tweet.
DMK ‘s Signature Campaign Against NEET Exam
“DMK plans to get lakhs of signatures in 50 days against NEET,” Stalin Junior said, adding that after getting signatures in this campaign, CM Stalin will write to the President explaining once again our stand against NEET, news agency ANI reported. With the number of cases of suicides among NEET aspirants rising, the Tamil Nadu government has been demanding to exempt the examination from the state.
During the signature campaign, Udhyanidhi said, “So far 22 lives have been lost due to NEET. Not only in Tamil Nadu, (but) in India (cases of) suicides are continuing. We have to put a full stop to this. So only (for this) we have started this signature campaign.” The exemption of NEET from the state has been a long pending demand of Tamil Nadu. The state’s chief minister Stalin had earlier written to the Chief Ministers’ of 12 states seeking the shifting of education to the State list from the current concurrent list in order to bring an end to the NEET examination. In February last year, the Tamil Nadu Assembly adopted the anti-NEET bill for the second time after the Governor returned it earlier. Moreover, later, the state Governor RN Ravi referred the bill to the President for approval.