How long will they keep deceiving us: Vijay slams DMK for backtracking on scrapping NEET

CHENNAI: Attacking the ruling DMK a day after the party president and Chief Minister MK Stalin admitted that only the Union government has the powers to scrap NEET, a political and social issue of great significance in Tamil Nadu, actor-politician Vijay quoted a famous song from an MGR film to allege that the party was fooling the public with false promises.

In a social media post, Vijay quoted the song, ‘How long will they deceive us in this country, our own country?’ He then alleged that the ruling party’s tactic was to gain votes by giving false assurances during elections and then fooling the public by not fulfilling them once in power.

While there are several examples for this, the most major one is the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for medical education, he said.

“As the national-level test was a major campaign issue during the 2021 Assembly election, the DMK promised to cancel it and claimed that they had a plan to do that to gain the trust and votes of the masses to come to power. Now the government says only the central government has the authority to cancel NEET. Isn’t this a betrayal of the people who voted for the party based on their promises,” he asked.

Vijay added that the ruling government’s attempts to deceive the people with lies would no longer be successful in the future.

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இந்த நாட்டிலே, சொந்த நாட்டிலே நம் நாட்டிலே.... என்ற பாடல் வரிகள், தற்போதைய தமிழக ஆட்சியாளர்களுக்கு மிகப் பொருத்தமாக உள்ளன. தேர்தலின்போது போலி வாக்குறுதிகள் அளித்து, மக்களை நம்பவைத்து ஏமாற்ற வேண்டும், தேர்தலில் வெற்றி பெற்ற பிறகு மீண்டும் மக்களை…

— TVK Vijay (@tvkvijayhq) January 11, 2025