Chennai, May 12 -- DMK president MK Stalin on Tuesday termed NEET a "scam" following the cancellation of the examination over alleged paper leak irregularities, and urged that MBBS admissions be based on Class 12 marks instead.

In a post on X, Stalin said that irregularities in the NEET examination had once again surfaced this year, leading to the cancellation of the exam and causing mental distress to lakhs of students. He alleged that every stage of the examination process was plagued by fraud.

"This year as well, #NEET Paper Leak irregularities have come to light, and the exam has been cancelled. Lakhs of students are suffering from mental agony. Every stage of this examination is filled with fraud. As I have been saying consistently...