Tamil Nadu: NEET crusader Anitha’s suicide triggers a storm of protests
Political parties and pro-Tamil outfits on Saturday staged state-wide protests over the suicide of a 17-year-old girl who had moved the Supreme Court against NEET- based medical examinations. They sought immediate withdrawal of the entrance exam.
Tamil Nadu: Students’ Federation of India members protest at Chennai’s Mount Road over death of #Anitha‘s who appealed against NEET in SC. pic.twitter.com/UrodJMpK6P
— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2017
The CPI(M) and its student and youth affiliates, SFI and DYFI, staged a road blockade here over the suicide of the Dalit girl. The party’s state unit secretary G Ramakrishnan and many others were detained, the police said.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Naam Tamilar Katchi members pay tributes to #Anitha and stage protest over her death, demand scrapping of NEET. pic.twitter.com/uHweqxZbPz
— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2017
Similarly, VCK party workers were held when they staged a road blockade at Kilpauk here.
#WATCH: Villagers in Ariyalur district’s Kulumur protest over death of #Anitha who appealed against NEET in SC, demand justice #TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/m658uINM29
— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2017
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