more-in Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy on Friday said that the Puducherry government has urged the Centre to exempt the Union Territory from the purview of the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) for the next three years. Addressing a press conference in the Legislative Assembly, he said that a resolution had been adopted unanimously in the Assembly and it had since been sent to the Health Ministry to exempt Puducherry from the NEET purview. He said he would again meet Union Health Minister reiterating the plea for exempting Puducherry from NEET for the next three years. The government should be permitted to admit students who had done their qualifying examinations through the State Board, he said. Mr. Narayanasamy said that education was a State subject and came under the purview and jurisdiction of the State government. The Centre should not take away the right of the States affecting the smooth relations between the Centre and the States. Circular from Centre He said the Centre had sent a circular directing Puducherry government to toe the line in selection of students on the basis of NEET. The government could not ignore the circular. “We have been reiterating with the Union Health Minister and the Human Resource Development Minister to exempt Puducherry from NEET based selection, he said. Mr. Narayanasamy said that everyone had the right to express their views. There should be no transgression of limits. He said that as long as the rights of people were required to be protected there would be no objection to airing one’s views with restraint.

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