Joining the growing political chorus over the alleged NEET paper leak, Vijay-led TVK called for scrapping the exam, transferring education to the State List, and accused rival parties of misleading voters with hollow promises.
BY PC Bureau
July 22, 2026: Joining the nationwide political storm over the alleged NEET paper leak and the student protests that have erupted across the country, actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Tuesday renewed its demand for the complete abolition of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), arguing that the examination has consistently failed to ensure fairness and has undermined the rights of states.
As protests by medical aspirants intensified in Delhi over alleged irregularities in the examination, the Vijay-led party said its stand on NEET remained “uncompromising and firm” and asserted that the controversy had once again exposed the need to scrap the national-level medical entrance examination altogether.
The party also reiterated its long-standing demand that education, including medical education, should be brought entirely under the control of state governments. It called for education to be shifted from the Concurrent List to the State List of the Constitution, arguing that states were better equipped to frame admission policies suited to their social and educational realities.
“If there are any constitutional or procedural hurdles in transferring education to the State List, a Special Concurrent List should be created as an interim arrangement to vest full powers in state governments,” the party said in a statement. It maintained that such a mechanism would allow states to exercise complete authority over education, particularly admissions to medical colleges.
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The TVK said this represented both a permanent and an interim solution to recurring controversies surrounding NEET. It added that party president and Chief Ministerial face C. Joseph Vijay had consistently advocated greater autonomy for states in matters relating to education.
Without naming the ruling DMK, the TVK accused rival political parties of indulging in “fraudulent politics” by making promises to abolish NEET merely to secure votes while failing to deliver after assuming power.
“Our party will never deceive the people with false promises such as claiming that we alone will scrap NEET. We believe in pursuing practical constitutional solutions rather than electoral rhetoric,” the statement said.
The remarks appeared to be a direct swipe at the DMK, which had promised ahead of the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections to abolish NEET after coming to power but has maintained that the issue ultimately requires approval from the Centre.
The Vijay-led party also accused its political opponents of attempting to appropriate its ideas and campaigns while simultaneously attacking the TVK. “Those who indulge in unethical politics by putting their own label on the hard work, ideas and struggles of others should immediately stop targeting the TVK,” the statement added.
The party’s intervention comes amid renewed political mobilisation in Tamil Nadu over NEET following allegations of question paper leaks and irregularities that have triggered protests by students and opposition parties in Delhi.
