BRIC Team reports: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Wednesday urged the Union government to cancel the NEET-based admissions in medical courses and to permit the respective States to fill up seats based on marks secured in Class 12.“The Government of Tamil Nadu reiterates the State’s long-pending demand to abolish NEET and permit the States to fill all seats under the State quota in MBBS, BDS, and AYUSH courses on the basis of Class 12 marks,” Mr. Vijay said.Referring to the cancellations of the NEET, following investigations by law enforcement agencies into the alleged leakage of the question paper, Mr.
Vijay said: “This cancellation has shattered the hopes of lakhs of medical aspirants across the country.”“This is not the first time the NEET has been compromised. In 2024, the question paper was leaked and FIRs were registered in six States and was transferred to the CBI. Pursuant to the directions of the Supreme Court, the Union government constituted a High-Level Committee of Experts under K.
Background
Radhakrishnan, former Chairman of ISRO, which submitted 95 comprehensive recommendations for reforms. Despite all this, within two years, another paper leak has occurred, and the examination has been cancelled. This is conclusive proof of flaws and structural flaws in a national level exam.”Pointing out that the Tamil Nadu government has been consistently and unanimously opposing the NEET since its very inception, Mr.
Key facts
- Vijay said.Referring to the cancellations of the NEET, following investigations by law enforcement agencies into the alleged leakage of the question paper, Mr.
- Vijay said: “This cancellation has shattered the hopes of lakhs of medical aspirants across the country.”“This is not the first time the NEET has been compromised.
- In 2024, the question paper was leaked and FIRs were registered in six States and was transferred to the CBI.
What this means
Vijay said: “The introduction of NEET has severely disadvantaged the students from rural areas, government schools, Tamil medium backgrounds, and socio-economically disadvantaged families.”The NEET-UG 2026 was conducted by the National Testing Agency on May 3, 2026, across 5,432 centres. In Tamil Nadu, the examination was held in 31 cities. A total of 22,05,035 candidates appeared for the examination, including 1.4 lakh candidates from Tamil Nadu.
