Chennai: The protests against Neet spread to the campuses of city colleges on Tuesday following the suicide of Ariyalur student Anitha.
The colleges were opened after three days on Tuesday. Hundreds of students from Loyola College boycotted their classes and protested against the common entrance exam in front of their college.
Police were deployed at the college following the protest. Students raised slogans against Neet and demanded justice for Anitha.
Students from Pachaiyappa's College, Presidency College, and Government Arts College for Men in Nandanam also boycotted their classes and held demon-
strations against Neet.
Some of the students who tried to block trains at Central Station were arrested by the police.
A section of students from the University of Madras held a sit-in protest in front of the Centenary building on Tuesday.
“We want to condemn the death of Anitha. The central government should give exemption from the Neet exam and the politically unstable state government should quit,” protesting students demanded.
“Students from over 20 colleges in Chennai participated in the protests against Neet. Protests were held in all districts and lakhs of students have participated in the demonstrations,” said V.Mariappan, state president, Students Federation of India.
Around 400 students who tried to picket the secretariat were arrested by the police at Broad-way. The student protests are likely to continue for next few days.
