00:01Now, Vijay is raising the NEAT and delimitation issues with Home Minister Amit Shah.
00:07The Tamil Nadu Prime Minister, I beg your pardon, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister is in a meeting with the
00:13Home Minister
00:13and now Vijay is seeking a NEAT exemption for Tamil Nadu.
00:18According to the reports that are just coming in, the Chief Minister Vijay has said that NEAT is not for
00:24socially disadvantaged students.
00:26And delimitation also must not diminish the voice of the South.
00:31The two big points that have been raised by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister in his meeting with the Union
00:38Home Minister.
00:40In fact, Vijay is saying that public policy must not penalise the states.
00:46The southern states should not be penalised for fulfilling national objectives.
00:52Apoorva is joining me on this story.
00:55Apoorva, two big points raised by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister when it comes to his meeting with the Home
01:02Minister.
01:02One, the delimitation issue.
01:04The second being the MBDS Ayush admissions that should be based on class 12th marks and not a NEAT exam.
01:14Two big ticket policy issues, two big ticket political hot potatoes really, hot flashpoints really that have been raised.
01:22What more can you tell us about this meeting?
01:28Well, that's right, Anisha.
01:29In fact, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Joseph C. Vijay, has gone ahead and made very pertinent points here.
01:34Let me remind you.
01:35One, on the NEAT examination.
01:37Remember, Tamil Nadu time and time again, we've seen government after government coming and going,
01:42calling for a ban on the NEAT examination.
01:45And very much so because with the protests that have been fueling Tamil Nadu and across this country just recently
01:51last month,
01:52we saw right from Jantar Mantar up till down south, we saw the protests that were fueled by students there,
01:58demanding for the resignation of the Education Minister, Dharminder Pradhan,
02:01and also calling for a recall of the NEAT examine.
02:05Just on those lines, even in Tamil Nadu politics, we saw a similar scenario playing out,
02:10where in opposition parties, including the AI, ADMK, DMK and several others,
02:15were calling out, demanding why the Chief Minister's silence was on the NEAT.
02:19And right now, the Chief Minister Vijay has given a response, which is that, you know, they won't need to
02:27be banned.
02:28And not only that, the Chief Minister has also gone ahead and reiterated that those marks that the students get,
02:33you know, be it in the medical seats for passing class 12 examination, that alone can suffice.
02:39That has been the norm that has been followed in Tamil Nadu since time, we can say.
02:43And that's the same, that they want the structure to also be reshaped, is a point that Chief Minister Vijay
02:50has gone ahead and talked.
02:51Not only that, let's talk about delimitation.
02:53The Chief Minister has gone ahead and clearly stated the Tamil Nadu government's standpoint on delimitation.
03:00It's not about no delimitation, it's not about fair delimitation,
03:04but rather that the state's representation will be called into question.
03:09And that's something that the Chief Minister will not, you know, assent to.
03:14Or rather, that's something the Chief Minister will not go ahead and give an okay to.
03:18And a very strong statement there coming in by Chief Minister,
03:21wherein he has called for a safeguarding Southern representation.
03:25Remember, this is not just the first Chief Minister in this meeting.
03:27Looking at this Southern Zonal Council meeting, really,
03:30where the Home Minister is meeting the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister,
03:34he's also meeting other Chief Ministers.
03:36And these issues have been a major point of contention.
03:41We've seen Tamil Nadu, of course, raising these issues,
03:44whether it's delimitation, whether it's need earlier also.
03:47Are you picking up anything further from this meeting that has happened?
03:53Well, in fact, important decisions that are being taken place right now,
03:57because these discussions, let me remind you, are not, you know, just on one of issues.
04:01These are issues relating to the Southern states, issues that are interlinking between, you know, one or two states.
04:08You have the Kaveri water issue when it comes to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
04:12So you see both the Chief Ministers, D.K. Shif Kumar and Joseph C. Vijay,
04:16going ahead and placing forth the demands of the state there.
04:19When it comes to Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, you see, you know,
04:22demands of the Pulavaram Bankacharla project and the AP Reorganization Act,
04:27which is after both the states are bifurcated,
04:30those demands that are being put forth, the Union Home Minister...
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