Tamil Nadu Guv clears 7.5% NEET admissions quota to medical aspirants from govt schools

Tamil Nu Goverr Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday approved to unanimously passed bill seeking 7.5% reservation in medical colleges for government school students who qualify in NEET. approval came a day after AIMK government issued an executive order that bypassed Goverr to implement bill's provisions as mission process is set to begin soon.

executive order was seen as a clash between AIMK and Goverr - appointed by Central BJP government. two parties are allies in Tamil Nu. Though state assembly h passed bill in September, Goverr Purohit sought three to four weeks to decide on bill after Opposition leer MK Stalin sent him a letter requesting for speedy approval of bill. 

Giving his assent, Purohit said he h received a favourable opinion from Solicitor General that bill "is in consonance with constitution".  newly enacted law allows around 300 NEET-qualified government school students (largely from marginalised and underprivileged families) to secure mission in medical colleges, both private and state-run, from this acemic year itself.

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Politics over reservation quota

With elections due in seven months, Opposition h been targetting Chief Minister Edappi K Palaniswami over his inability to get Goverr's d on bill despite being an ally of BJP. AIMK government h abolished medical entrance test in Tamil Nu for nearly a dece, allowing mission to its medical colleges purely on basis of class 12 marks. However, it failed to get an exemption from NEET. 

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Successive state governments have argued that poor students from government school cant afford private coaching, and NEET hampers ir dreams of becoming doctors. At least 13 medical aspirants have committed suicide, including a few who h scored well in class 12 but could t qualify in NEET.

DMK Chief MK Stalin, who h recently led a protest to mount pressure on Purohit, thanked Goverr after giving his assent. party claimed that its appeals and protests changed Purohit's stand.

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