Chennai: The Opposition leaders went ahead with the public meeting in Tiruchy to condemn Neet and seek justice for the death of Ariyalur student Anitha, despite police ban citing the Supreme Court order directing the state government to curb violent protests.
Leaders who spoke in the meeting asserted that the Supreme Court had not banned peaceful protests and public meetings, besides lashing out at BJP for demanding a ban on a public meeting.
The Opposition leaders too hit out at the state government for bowing to the demands of BJP leaders to ban the meeting, when there was no such order by the Supreme Court.
DMK working president M.K. Stalin announced protest demonstrations on September 13 throughout the state to demand exemption for Neet and added that further protests would be announced later after consultations among the opposition parties.
He read the police order banning the public meeting and said the order was contrary to the Supreme Court judgment, which had not banned such a meeting. He said BJP deliberately conspired to stop the meeting but the saffron party’s designs were defeated by the opposition leaders. He said there were doctors within the state BJP and asked if they came through Neet to become doctors.
