Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray held a meeting with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the issue, just hours before Tawde met Nadda.
<img title="MNS chief Raj Thackeray met the CM with parents of students, on the issue. Pic/Sameer Markande" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/may/17-Raj-Thackeray.jpg" alt="MNS chief Raj Thackeray met the CM with parents of students, on the issue. Pic/Sameer Markande" /> MNS chief Raj Thackeray met the CM with parents of students, on the issue. Pic/Sameer Markande
He said that the CM had agreed to meet PM Narendra Modi, a statement which Fadnavis confirmed later in the day.
Thackeray also said that he had already discussed the matter with Modi over phone on Sunday.
Thackeray took a delegation of aggrieved students and parents to Fadnavis, who told mediapersons that enforcing NEET was doing injustice to Maharashtra students.
&ldquo;I have sought the PM&rsquo;s time to discuss the issue. I will request the PM to intervene and resolve the matter as early as possible,&rdquo; Fadnavis said.
But the CM asked students to prepare themselves for NEET as well. &ldquo;We will try our best to get NEET scrapped, but the students should not stop preparing for the exams (to be held on July 24),&rdquo; he said.
Thackeray said that he had asked the PM as to who was running the country. &ldquo;Was it the central government or the Supreme Court?&rdquo; he said after meeting the CM.
&ldquo;When we already have a CET in the state, what is the need for NEET?&rdquo; asked Thackeray.
In Maharashtra, the MH-CET was held on May 5, in which over 4 lakh aspirants appeared for admissions in medical and dental courses. The students also appeared for the first round of NEET on May 1.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray held a meeting with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the issue, just hours before Tawde met Nadda

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