NEET issue Stalin launches scathing attack on Governor
Chennai Apr 25 PTI Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin on Monday launched a scathing attack on Governor RN Ravi over the anti-NEET Bill saying the State was not asking for his approval for the Bill but to send it for Presidential assent like a postman The Governor does not have the authority to grant his approval to the Bill adopted in the State Assembly twice during the DMK rule seeking exemption from the ambit of the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test NEET for Tamil Nadu he said Addressing a public meeting here organised by the Dravidar Kazhagam DK Stalin recalled his governments efforts to do away with NEET including pressing the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi We are not asking the Governor for approval for the bill The Governor does not have the authority to do so What we ask is send the Bill to the President he said Quoting DK chief K Veeramani Stalin said the Governor should do the job of a postman by referring the Bill to the President and that his refusal to to do even the postal departments job doesnt befit the Governors post He questioned how a nominated governor can return a Bill or prevent it and wondered if he was bigger than people Do you think you are running a massive empire he asked He wondered whether Governors poked their nose in BJP-ruled States and asked if the States would remain quiet if they did He further alleged that NEET was an attempt to confine medical education to a few and that it was a modern knowledge untouchability against which the DMK will fight tooth and nail PTI SA NVG NVG
Chennai Apr 25 PTI Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin on Monday launched a scathing attack on Governor RN Ravi over the anti-NEET Bill saying the State was not asking for his approval for the Bill but to send it for Presidential assent like a postman The Governor does not have the authority to grant his approval to the Bill adopted in the State Assembly twice during the DMK rule seeking exemption from the ambit of the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test NEET for Tamil Nadu he said Addressing a public meeting here organised by the Dravidar Kazhagam DK Stalin recalled his governments efforts to do away with NEET including pressing the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi We are not asking the Governor for approval for the bill The Governor does not have the authority to do so What we ask is send the Bill to the President he said Quoting DK chief K Veeramani Stalin said the Governor should do the job of a postman by referring the Bill to the President and that his refusal to to do even the postal departments job doesnt befit the Governors post He questioned how a nominated governor can return a Bill or prevent it and wondered if he was bigger than people Do you think you are running a massive empire he asked He wondered whether Governors poked their nose in BJP-ruled States and asked if the States would remain quiet if they did He further alleged that NEET was an attempt to confine medical education to a few and that it was a modern knowledge untouchability against which the DMK will fight tooth and nail PTI SA NVG NVG
