India, April 22 -- Tamil Nadu assembly on Monday witnessed a heated exchange between chief minister MK Stalin and leader of the Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami, with the former asking whether the AIADMK was prepared to make National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) exemption for the state a precondition for its alliance with the BJP and the latter accusing the DMK government of "betraying" students on the medical entrance test.

The NEET issue came up in the assembly during a debate on the demand for grants for the health department. Taking part in the debate, state transport minister SS Shivashankar alleged that the 11 medical colleges that were established in Tamil Nadu during the AIADMK regime were a quid quo pro for allowing NEE...