Chennai, March 21 -- Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu has lashed out at the Union Government in the State assembly on Friday for "imposition" of the NEET and CUET examinations and termed it a "modern Kula Kalvi scheme" (caste-based education scheme).

"Union Government is imposing NEET CUTE exams which is modern Kula Kalvi scheme. In such era, the Union Government is imposing modern Kula Kalvi education while Tamil Nadu is introducing new colleges and new education lessons for the welfare of students," Thennarasu said in the State assembly.

He also criticised the central government for allocating more funds for the growth of Hindi and Sanskrit in comparison to Tamil.

"Every year for the growth of Hindi and Sanskrit many cr...