Amid growing speculation over the merger of the two factions of the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister K Palaniswami yesterday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, maintaining that he only discussed exempting the state from the purview of all-India NEET exam.

This was the second meeting since last month between the two where Palaniswami took up the issue of exempting the state from NEET, the all-India medical college entrance test.