TVK Public Works Department Minister Aadhav Arjuna on Tuesday, 1 September 2026, claimed that the country’s electoral landscape would change by 2029 and said the “first voice” in Parliament would be for the abolition of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), as reported in The Hindu.
Speaking in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on the ninth death anniversary of S. Anitha, Arjuna linked her death and the anti-NEET campaign to what he described as a future political change.
“We firmly believe the electoral scenario will change. The first voice that echoed in the (Tamil Nadu) Assembly, the voice that took a pledge on the death anniversary of S. Anitha, who died by suicide, will lead to the scrapping of NEET. We pay tribute to her sacrifice, work and feelings,”
The minister also urged students not to lose hope and said that political change would provide an answer to the deaths associated with the NEET issue.
“Another life should not be lost. Victory will be outside. The Assembly will give self-confidence to every student. The political situation will change and answer will be given to the deaths. Let us carry out politics to find an answer to the tears and sacrifice of Anitha,”
Arjuna said Anitha, who came from a socially disadvantaged community, had shown unusual courage by approaching the Supreme Court against NEET.
“She was the first student across India to raise her voice against NEET. She set an example. Her dream will come true one day,”
His remarks came amid the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government’s repeated projection of a larger national political role for Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay. With 2029 increasingly being invoked by the ruling party in political messaging, Arjuna’s reference to a change in the national electoral scenario and the role of Parliament adds to the growing speculation around TVK’s ambitions beyond Tamil Nadu.
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