The Tamil Nadu Assembly urged the central government to scrap the test on a national level and approve the state’s NEET exemption Bill as they nanimously passed a resolution against the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on Friday. The resolution, proposed by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, once again reiterates the state’s longstanding objection to the exam. The development comes at a time when alleged irregularities over this year’s NEET medical entrance test has kicked up a massive political storm. The resolution said and called for the abolition of the NEET examination system, which it described as “severely affecting the medical education opportunities of rural and underprivileged students and making school education unnecessary”. “The Union Government should immediately approve the NEET exemption draft bill unanimously passed by this Legislative Assembly to admit medical students based on 12th-grade marks. Given that several states are now opposing this examination system which has led to numerous malpractices, the Union Government should amend the National Medical Commission Act to abolish the NEET system at the national level,”