Opposition leaders in Tamil Nadu have decided to go ahead with their public meeting in Tiruchirappalli against NEET despite police withdrawing permission in the wake of a Supreme Court order banning such demonstrations.
The decision follows a meeting of Opposition leaders led by DMK working president M.K. Stalin after police cancelled permission.
DMK working president M.K. Stalin and CPI(M) Tamil Nadu Secretary G. Ramakrishnan leave for the Opposition parties’ anti-NEET public meeting in Tiruchirappalli on September 8, 2017.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court banned protests and agitations against the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, which may create any law and order situation in Tamil Nadu. A Bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra observed that NEET was upheld as the sole basis for admission to MBBS and BDS courses and any public protests, road blocks and breakdown of normal public life against it would amount to contempt of court.
