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Disability Rights Activist Slams Pondy NEET-UG Norms as 'Discriminatory'
The New Indian Express Villupuram
|July 11, 2025
Prominent disability rights activist and doctor, Dr. Satendra Singh, has raised strong objections to what he described as "discriminatory, unlawful, and dehumanizing" provisions for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the NEET-UG 2025-26 Information Bulletin released by the Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC), Government of Puducherry.
In a petition submitted ahead of the 14 July deadline for online applications, Dr. Singh, Organisational Head of Doctors with Disabilities: Agents of Change, urged immediate corrective action to remove clauses that he said contravene national laws and constitutional protections for PwDs.
This story is from the July 11, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Villupuram.
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