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The Union Human Resources Development Minister sought to assuage concerns that students could be denied a chance to write the entrance exams due to poor internet connectivity

The struggles of the Dravidian movements had made it possible for even the poor students to get a medical education. Tamil Nadu has 69 per cent reservation for students for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. NEET rides roughshod over this provision

The motives of the present government vis-à-vis social justice are suspect, more so because of the acts of omission and commission by some people in the government. The vested interests and pro-savarna media are doing everything they can to draw maximum mileage out of the confusion

Tanthai Periyar Dravida Kazhagam (TPDK) claims the party in power at the Centre is cutting off water supplies to the state, mobilizing support for an ill-conceived fracking project and imposing the NEET exam to bring the state down to its knees and make inroads into its politics. Cynthia Stephen reports