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NEET suicide: Tamil Nadu goes on state-wide protest demanding justice for Anitha

By: Eastern Eye Staff

Demanding “justice” for the 17-year-old Dalit medical aspirant, political parties, students’ bodies and pro-Tamil outfits today hit the streets with many heavyweights like T T V Dhinakaran making a beeline for the girl’s native village to pay their tributes.  Anitha, daughter of a daily wage earner, allegedly hanged herself at her house in Ariyalur district of the state yesterday. She was reportedly upset after it became known that Tamil Nadu will not be exempted from the ambit of National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET).  She had moved the Supreme Court against NEET-based medical examinations in the southern state.  Road and rail blockades and attempts to picket government offices…

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