chennai protesting against the centres move to conduct an all india common entrance test for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses in dental colleges chief minister j jayalalithaa on friday urged prime minister manmohan singh to exempt tamil nadu from the common test saying it will create confusion and litigation in the smooth implementation of the reservation policy under the existing system the dental council of india dci has proposed the common test it has been brought to my notice that the dci has issued a gazette notification regarding the introduction of a national eligibility entrance test neet for both bds and mds courses in this context i would like to record my strong objection to the introduction of these tests she said in a letter to singh the chief minister said the state government had already objected to the introduction of a neet for admission to ug and pg medical courses in her earlier letter to the prime minister on july 30 as part of its policy of upholding social justice tamil nadu has been following 69 reservation for backward and most backward communities and scheduled castes and tribes in professional courses pointing out that the state government has taken steps since 2005 and finally abolished the entrance examination for professional courses from the year 20072008 she said this was done after detailed examination by an expert committee that found that such common entrance examinations put students from rural areas and lower socioeconomic backgrounds at a disadvantage due to lack of geographical and financial access to requisite training institutions she said such entrance tests give rise to expensive coaching centres which charge high fees that poor students could not afford