Coimbatore: The members of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and opposition parties including the Congress, Viduthalai Siruthai Katchi, CPI and CPM on Wednesday carried out a protest here against the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET).
The protest was part of a series of DMK-led anti-NEET protests held across Tamil Nadu, reported The Hindu.
The protest was headed by DMK's Rajya Sabha MP MK Kanimozhi and TNCC president Subburaman Thirunavukkarasar. "Our leaders and political parties have always fought for social justice. We have achieved what others could not," Kanimozhi told The Hindu.
The protests had intensified across Tamil Nadu demanding justice for Anitha, a medical aspirant, who committed suicide after failing to get admission to a medical college.
Law students across the state staged a demonstration over the death of the Dalit medical aspirant and a petitioner in the Supreme Court against NEET.
The protests had also spread across Puducherry, with students of several educational institutions coming out against NEET-based selection of students to medical colleges.
Anitha, daughter of a poor Dalit daily-wage labourer, who scored well in her Class 12 exams, dreamt of becoming a doctor. However, her plans toppled after she NEET was enforced by Centre and the Supreme Court. She had impleaded herself as one of the respondents in a Supreme Court case challenging NEET.
