The Karnataka assembly has passed a resolution to abolish the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission into medical colleges.

In Karnataka, where the congress government is in power, a resolution was passed seeking that medical college seats be filled by way of the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET).

Previously, deputy chief minister of the state, DK Shivakumar had said that the state was considering this resolution in line with what was passed in Tamil Nadu.

Medical Education Minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil moved the resolution even as the Opposition BJP was demanding a discussion on the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam in which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is allegedly involved.

“The NEET examination system, which severely affects the medical education opportunities of poor rural students, makes schooling redundant and deprives the rights of the state governments to admit students in state government medical colleges, should be abolished,” the resolution stated.

The resolution further urged the union government to “immediately” exempt Karnataka from NEET and “to provide medical admissions based on the CET marks conducted by the state government”.

The state, which boasted that it had a great track record of previously allocating seats via the KCET, said that they sought to abolish NEET “considering repeated irregularities”. The resolution also sought that the central government amend the National Medical Commission Act to eliminate NEET at the national level.

Inputs from Deccan Herald 

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