TN Speaker didn’t accept my request: Stalin

Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin today said that he appealed to pass a resolution for those students too who committed suicide but it was rejected.

Speaking to mediapersons after the Assembly session, Stalin said many students died by suicide due to NEET exam issue. “There are many issues like NEET, National Education Policy 2020. I don’t know how it’ll be discussed in only two days,” he said.

In order to show their protest against NEET exam, all the DMK MLAs were wearing face masks with slogans ‘Ban Neet and save Tamilnadu students.

The principal opposition DMK was set to raise a host of issues including, demanding a resolution seeking to scrap the NEET exams in the state in the wake of four students ending their lives in the last five days, including three on Saturday alone, due to fear over clearing the NEET exams, the National Education Policy-2020 and the Centre’s move to impose three-language policy in the State, corona situation, among others.

The DMK would also raise the alleged irregularities in the PM-Kisan scheme, which came to light in several districts, apart from the alleged failure of the government in handling the corona pandemic and the fresh privilege notices issued to Opposition Leader Stalin and 17 of his party MLAs for displaying banned
gutkha products in the House in July 2017.