Guv seeks time to decide on NEET, Stalin to protest

Guv seeks time to decide on NEET, Stalin to protest

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Chennai:23.10.2020

Governor Banwarilal Purohit onThursday said he would need at least three or four weeks' time to arrive at a decision on NEET quota bill that provides 7.5% horizontal reservation to the students of government schools to get admission into medical institutes.

The governor was responding to DMK chief M K Stalin, who had written a letter to him on Wednesday, urging him to immediately give assent to the bill. “I would like to inform that I am seized of the matter and getting it examined from all angles. I need at least 3 to4weekstimeto arrive at a decision. The same has also been informed to the delegation of ministerswhocalled on me recently,” Purohit said in his letter, a copy of which was released by the DMK.

In a statement, Stalin said the delay to take a decision was nothing but dilution of the bill and against the welfare of poor students of government schools. It had become inevitable to resort to agitation against the government’s "non-cooperation and indifference". “The DMK will hold a massive agitation on Saturday at 10am in front of Raj Bhavan, urging the governor to give assent to the bill immediately and against the state government for failing to exert political pressure on the governor,” Stalin said.

Quoting the letter, the DMKchief allegedthe ministerial delegation, which had spoken to the media after meeting the governor last week, had deliberately hidden the fact that the governor was seeking time to take a call. “There are also reports of the governor telling the ministers to implement 10% quota for economically weaker sections, and he would give assent to the 7.5% NEET quota bill,” Stalin said.

Recalling his readiness to jointly protest with the AIADMK to get the assent, Stalin said the CM lacked courage to protest against the governor.