Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working president M.K. Stalin on Saturday termed the suicide of Tamil Nadu girl Anitha a murder and demanded Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami's resignation.
Anitha, a 17-year-old Tamil Nadu girl committed suicide by hanging herself at her house after failing to get admission in medical college based on NEET marks.
"The state government has given falls assurance, wrong message which has resulted this suicide. I don't call it as suicide. It's a murder, therefore, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and health minister Vijaya Baskar should resign immediately, " Stalin said after visiting the family of Anitha.
The DMK leader further said that they have announced a solatium of Rs. 10 lacks for Anitha's family.
Anitha, a resident of Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur district, was spearheading the fight against NEET exams and had impleaded herself as one of the respondents in a Supreme Court case challenging NEET.
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Anitha killed herself a week after the Centre declared that Tamil Nadu cannot be exempted from NEET.
Earlier in the day, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader TTV Dhinakaran asked the Centre to cancel National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) in Tamil Nadu.
"We have 69 percent reservation in Tamil Nadu but because of this NEET, a daughter like Anitha was not able to get admission even though she got very high marks. Central government should think about it and especially in the interest of Tamil Nadu students, they should cancel NEET or at least have it as per +2 syllabus," Dhinakaran said after meeting the bereaved family of Anitha here.
Earlier, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister announced a compensation of Rs. 7 lakh to the family of Anitha.
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