Tamilnadu BJP chief Annamalai accused the DMK and its allies for politicising NEET. Speaking to press persons at Kaniyakumari, Annamalai said, “People from all sides are studying medicine after scoring better in NEET. DMK should provide the NEET statistics to the public. DMK is completely against NEET. Even after coming to power, the DMK and MK Stalin are doing politics with NEET. This affects the self-confidence of the students and NEET aspirants.’ (DMK) announced that a statewide hunger strike would be held by the party’s student wing, youth wing and doctors wing on 20 August against the centre and Governor RN Ravi for their attitude towards NEET.