Shah to meet TN all-party delegation on NEET on Jan 17
Shanmughasundaram.J@timesgroup.com
11.01.2022
Chennai: Union home minister Amit Shah is likely to meet a seven-member all-party delegation from Tamil Nadu MPs on January 17 to discuss the anti-NEET bill and the ‘delay’ on the part of governor R N Ravi in forwarding it to the President for his nod, multiple MPs told TOI.
The development comes in the wake of the political parties strongly condemning the Union minister for not meeting the MPs from the state on multiple occasions. The issue took a political turn with chief minister M K Stalin strongly condemning the home minister on the floor of the state assembly last week for refusing an audience for the representatives of people and dubbed his act “anti-democratic”.
The MPs, who are part of the delegation, confirmed to TOI that they received a communication that Shah would meet them on January 17. “We received a communication (from DMK MP T R Baalu) regarding the appointment with home minister Shah coming Monday. The time of the meeting was tentative (between 4 pm and4. 30 pm),” said a member of the seven-member MP delegation that would be led by DMK Parliamentary party leader T R Baalu.
A few other members of the team too confirmed the schedule of the meeting with Shah. “We learned that the PM (Narendra Modi) directed Shah to meet the TN MPs,” said a senior DMK leader.
A Navaneethakrishnan of AIADMK, Navas Kani of IUML, Su Venkatesan of CPM, K Jeyakumar of Congress, Thol Thirumavalavan of VCK, Vaiko of MDMK would be part of the all-party delegation, sources confirmed.
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