Chennai teen dies by suicide after failing NEET twice, then father kills himself
Chennai,Aug 14 : A 19-year-old medical aspirant died by suicide in Chennai after he failed to clear the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) twice. Unable to bear the loss, his father killed himself two days later.
The victim, Jagadeeswaran, was found hanging in his room in the city’s Chromepet area on August 12. He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead.
The student was reportedly depressed after he couldn’t secure the marks needed to qualify for the NEET in two attempts.
The police found no suicide note. However, his father, Selvasekar, had blamed the NEET administration for his son’s death, before tragically hanging himself on Monday.
Hitting out at Governor RN Ravi for not giving assent to a bill to ban NEET in Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin said his government had brought a bill on the proposed legislation in the Assembly twice.
“We sent it (the bill) to the Governor. First, he put it in abeyance. Then he sent it back under pressure. After we passed the resolution again in the Assembly, we sent it back to the Governor. He was supposed to give assent, but he sent it to the President,” MK Stalin said.
Referring to a conversation with a parent on the NEET issue, the Chief Minister criticised the Governor’s refusal to sign the anti-NEET bill and said it only showed his “ignorance”.
The Governor has in the past also come under intense criticism from the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led government and many other quarters for returning the Assembly bills to the government.
NEET is one of the issues that has been a bone of contention between Raj Bhavan and the state government.
MK Stalin also said the Governor had no authority over the bill and was only pretending to have power.
He described the Governor as an individual with a “cold heart”.
“No matter how many lives are lost like that of Jagadeesan, his heart is not going to change. Such cold hearts don’t value human lives,” the Chief Minister said.
MK Stalin emphasised his determination to bring about political change aimed at dismantling the NEET system.
“I express my condolences over the deaths of Jagadeeswaran and his father Selvasekar. Let these be the last deaths due to NEET,” he asserted.
-The India Today
