Holding placards, the activists assembled before May Day Park in Chintadripet, and indulged in sloganeering against the Central and State governments for holding NEET for medical aspirants. The police personnel forcibly nabbed the activists and pushed them into a police vehicle. Over 25 of them were arrested by police on charges of unlawful assembly, and detained at a hall. V. Mariyappan, State secretary of SFI said, "The Central government has been continuing to deprive the rights of State governments over education. We also demand that the government to quash cases booked against the students who agitated against NEET all these years,” said Mr. Mariyappan.

Source: The Hindu September 14, 2020 08:37 UTC