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PM Modi ‘afraid’ of Cong ‘NEET’ manifesto: Stalin

PTI

DMK president M K Stalin on Friday said Congress toed his party's stand on autonomy of States by assuring in its manifesto that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) would be scrapped.

Training his guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Stalin alleged that the top BJP leader was making false poll promises since he was rattled by the Congress party's manifesto.

The AIADMK regime did not "stop" NEET's implementation in the State and still has claimed in its manifesto that it was for exempting Tamil Nadu students from the exam, he said.

The top DMK leader, addressing a poll rally here, said the AIADMK's assurance on NEET was to deceive the people.

"The Congress party in its manifesto has assured that NEET will be dispensed with and made it clear that only State Governments had rights on this matter," he said, seeking votes for Congress candidate S Jothimani from Karur Lok Sabha seat.