Public meeting in Tiruchy against Neet on September 8
Another resolution flayed 'the false campaign' that there was no quality in the education provided by the state government.
Chennai: The opposition parties on Monday decided to give a few days time to the central and state governments to take steps for exempting Tamil Nadu from Neet before launching into a series of protests on the issue.
The leaders also decided to bring all the major opposition leaders on a single platform before commencing a co-ordinated movement against Neet. The campaign against Neet will start with a public meeting in Tiruchy city near Ariyalur on September 8.
After the all-party meeting convened by the DMK, leader of Opposition M.K. Stalin said "If the Central and state governments failed to take action for scrapping Neet, a decision on the kind of agitations will be announced at a public meeting to be attended by all party leaders in Tiruchy".
Reacting to a question on the allegations made by state BJP president Tamilisai Soundarrajan and Puthiya Thamizhagam leader K. Krishnasamy against the DMK, Stalin said they were trying to divert the issue and added that legal action would be taken against them.
More opposition leaders including MDMK general secretary Vaiko are expected to join the anti-NEET platform in the Rockfort city, the heart of the delta districts.
The opposition would fight for bringing education entirely to the state list and its removal from the concurrent list.
A resolution condoled Anitha's death and added that her sacrifice had sown the seeds of awareness on protecting social justice. Another resolution graphically described Anitha's poor background and termed her death as a murder by the central and state governments. It condemned both the governments for playing with the future of 4.2 lakh students who studied in state board schools.
The resolution pointed out that the standing committee of Parliament on health and family welfare department had clearly stated that Neet could be implemented leaving out the states which did not want the examination.
But, the examination was imposed on Tamil Nadu due to the arrogant attitude of the BJP government, the resolution said and added that the centre did not send the bills passed in TN Assembly to the President.
Another resolution flayed 'the false campaign' that there was no quality in the education provided by the state government. It said the centre had trampled on the state's rights on education. Those who took part in the meeting included TNCC president S. Thirunavukkarasar, CPM state secretary G. Ramakrishnan, CPI state secretary R. Mutharasan, VCK leader Thol. Thirumavalavan and DK president K. Veeramani.