TN CM trusts the governor’s approval of the 7.5% quota bill | Photo Credit: Representative Image
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Friday expressed confidence that the state’s Governor, Banwarilal Purohit, will soon pass a bill to provide a 7.5 percent reserve on medical admission to school students. governments that eliminate the NEETs.
He also criticized DMK chairman MK Stalin for writing to the governor on the matter, saying it was an attempt to create an “illusion” that he was responsible for Purohit’s possible approval of the matter.
The Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously passed a bill on Sept. 15 to provide a 7.5 percent horizontal quota on medical admissions for state government school students who pass the National Income and Eligibility Test (NEET) .
The governor has not yet given his consent and a group of five high-ranking ministers met with him on Tuesday, seeking his approval for the quota move.
In a statement on Friday, Palaniswami said he had raised the matter with Purohit when he visited him earlier this month and referred to his cabinet colleagues who also made a similar request three days ago.
“I am very confident that the governor will approve the bill soon, knowing that it will pave the way to ensure equal justice for poor students,” he said.
Purohit had told the ministerial delegation on October 20 that he will take a call on the matter soon, the prime minister added.
Training his weapons against Stalin and referring to a Tamil usage that roughly means when things take shape, he said that “the people know very well that the letter to the governor and the statements of the opposition leader are attempts to create the illusion that everything it happened for them. “
“People know very well that these are destined to seek political mileage,” he added.
The bill was approved in the Assembly by the government after a detailed study and Stalin’s “crocodile tears” will not create any ripple among the people, he said.
Fighting back the main opposition party, he also accused the DMK and its ally Congress of “introducing” the NEETs and said that they therefore had no locus standi to say that the government was not pressuring the governor on this issue.
Stalin had previously written to Purohit requesting his immediate approval of the bill to “realize the dream of public school students to practice medicine as a profession.”
On the medical education front, the government had created 11 new medical colleges in the past nine years and added 3,050 seats, Palaniswami said.
In reaction to Palaniswami’s statement, Stalin said that he had written to Purohit as medical advice was just around the corner and that he had no idea when the governor would consent to the bill.
The governor had responded by saying that he would need another four weeks in addition to the similar duration that has already passed, Stalin said in a statement.
Therefore, the DMK had announced a protest on the matter tomorrow, he said.
“We are only concerned with the future welfare of public school students and not politics,” said the head of DMK.
Palaniswami has to “prove” himself to the people of the state by getting the go-ahead from the governor “tomorrow,” Stalin added.
