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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay connected Wednesday urged the Union authorities to cancel the NEET-based admissions successful aesculapian courses and to licence the respective States to capable up seats based connected marks secured successful Class 12.
“The Government of Tamil Nadu reiterates the State’s long-pending request to abolish NEET and licence the States to capable each seats nether the State quota successful MBBS, BDS, and AYUSH courses connected the ground of Class 12 marks,” Mr. Vijay said.
Referring to the cancellations of the NEET, pursuing investigations by instrumentality enforcement agencies into the alleged leakage of the question paper, Mr. Vijay said: “This cancellation has shattered the hopes of lakhs of aesculapian aspirants crossed the country.”
“This is not the archetypal clip the NEET has been compromised. In 2024, the question insubstantial was leaked and FIRs were registered successful six States and was transferred to the CBI. Pursuant to the directions of the Supreme Court, the Union authorities constituted a High-Level Committee of Experts nether K. Radhakrishnan, erstwhile Chairman of ISRO, which submitted 95 broad recommendations for reforms. Despite each this, wrong 2 years, different insubstantial leak has occurred, and the introspection has been cancelled. This is conclusive impervious of flaws and structural flaws successful a nationalist level exam.”
Pointing retired that the Tamil Nadu authorities has been consistently and unanimously opposing the NEET since its precise inception, Mr. Vijay said: “The instauration of NEET has severely disadvantaged the students from agrarian areas, authorities schools, Tamil mean backgrounds, and socio-economically disadvantaged families.”
The NEET-UG 2026 was conducted by the National Testing Agency connected May 3, 2026, crossed 5,432 centres. In Tamil Nadu, the introspection was held successful 31 cities. A full of 22,05,035 candidates appeared for the examination, including 1.4 lakh candidates from Tamil Nadu.
