In an apparent last ditch effort, Tamil Nadu government has approached the Union Government to obtain the permission to promulgate an ordinance seeking to exempt the State from National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET).
Health minister Dr C Vijayabaskar, who is camping in the national capital, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard on Wednesday.
Radhakrishnan had been meeting several Union ministers including health minister J P Nadda for the last two days to insist that the Centre should consider promulgating an ordinance to remove the hurdles for exempting Tamil Nadu from NEET.
Amid mounting pressure from the Opposition parties including DMK demanding that NEET should be exempted for Tamil Nadu, the health minister also urging the Centre to get the Presidential nod for the two Bills passed in the Assembly, so that the State could continue to admit medical students based on plus-2 marks.
As the time running out for medical admissions for the current year, several thousands of plus-2 students in Tamil Nadu were under severe pressure whether they would get medical admission based on twelfth standard marks.
In a major setback to the AIADMK government here, which steadfastly opposing NEET, the Madras High Court also recently dismissed a State's petition challenging single judge order quashing the provision of 85% reservation in the government quota of UG medical seats to students from the state board.
Published 02 August 2017, 09:37 IST