Delay in forwarding NEET Exemption Bill to Centre causing anxiety among students: CM Stalin

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has once again urged the Governor to forward the NEET Exemption Bill to the Government of India.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has said that the inexplicable delay in forwarding the NEET Exemption Bill to the Government of India (GOI) is causing tremendous anxiety among the students. He has once again urged the Governor to forward the Bill to the Centre.

His tweet reads, "The inexplicable delay by @rajbhavan_tn in forwarding the #NEET Bill to GoI has caused tremendous anxiety among the students. The Bill represents the will of the people of TN. I hope Hon'ble Guv will respect the sovereignty of TN Assembly & discharge his constitutional duty."

The Chief Minister has written a long letter to the Governor and asked him to forward the Bill to the GOI.

Excerpts from the letter

He pointed out that in his last meeting with the Governor, he was given the assurance that the Bill will be passed soon to the GOI.

"You may recall that during our last meeting, you have assured us that this process will be expedited, but I am pained to note that the bill is yet to be transmitted to the Government of India," he said.

"As you may be aware, the admission process for the medical courses for the next academic year is to commence shortly and there is tremendous anxiety and uncertainty among the aspiring students and their parents in the State. given this situation, I am sure that you would appreciate our sense of disappointment and dismay at this juncture over the impasse," he added.

"Even now, I sincerely hope that you will see the fairness in our request and forward the NEET Bill to Government of India without any further delay, thereby fulfilling the constitutional mandate," he further added.

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