Participating in the demonstration, Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy said that NEET was anti-student and should be scrapped immediately. He said he and all his ministerial colleagues had represented to the Union Health Minister seeking exemption of Puducherry from NEET. But the Centre had introduced NEET based selection citing the Supreme Court ruling on the issue. Minister for Public Works A. Namassivayam, DMK MLA R. Siva, former minister and DMK leader S.P. Sivakumar, CPI leader Nara Kalainathan, CPI secretary R. Viswanathan, CPI(M) leaders T. Murugan, Rajangam and V. Perumal participated in the agitation.
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