Chennai: Political parties and pro-Tamil outfits on Saturday staged state-wide protests over the suicide of a 17-year-old girl who had moved the Supreme Court against NEET- based medical examinations. They sought immediate withdrawal of the entrance exam.
The CPI(M) and its student and youth affiliates, SFI and DYFI, staged a road blockade here over the suicide of the Dalit girl. The party's state unit secretary G Ramakrishnan and many others were detained, the police said.