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Former J&K main curate and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti connected Friday (January 9, 2026) said the cancellation of MBBS people at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence, wherever 42 Muslims qualified retired of 50 seats past year, is simply a “a unsafe precedent”.
“Fringe and communal forces successful Jammu affiliated with the BJP, RSS, and Bajrang Dal influenced the determination (to retreat the MBBS course). We are encouraging a mindset by succumbing to specified pressure. They volition employment akin tactics elsewhere nether the conception that these are Muslims and from Kashmir and propulsion them out,” Ms. Mufti said.
Ms. Mufti was referring to the National Medical Council’s determination to retreat the MBBS people from the varsity, successful the aftermath of protests by BJP and Hindu groups against the admittance of 42 Muslim students successful the 50-seat aesculapian college.
“It’s a politically motivated decision, a maneuver and a unsafe precedent that could beryllium replicated against minorities crossed India. When acquisition is politicized successful the sanction of religion, and the younker of J&K find nary spot adjacent successful their ain territory, however tin they consciousness unafraid successful Haryana, Punjab, oregon different states?” Ms. Mufti said.
She besides expressed interest implicit the rumours regarding granting Statehood to Jammu. “Dividing J&K connected spiritual lines oregon granting abstracted Statehood to Jammu would undermine the Muslim-majority region’s determination to articulation India and revive the two-nation mentation that its radical rejected,” Ms. Mufti said.
Meanwhile, she described West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arsenic a “tigress”.
“The normalization of assertive cardinal interventions, from Enforcement Directorate raids to the revocation of Article 370 has been passively accepted by nationalist governmental parties. Only Mamata Banerjee is fighting. She is simply a champion who tin basal up to the BJP. The remainder person chosen silence, adjacent enjoying the torment of Jammu and Kashmir,” Ms. Mufti said.
She was referring to ED raids connected the bureau of governmental consultancy steadfast I PAC and the residence of its manager Pratik Jain successful Kolkata. “Such actions by the ED and different investigative agencies person agelong been a world successful J&K and are present being witnessed crossed the country. What was normalised successful J&K, the full state is tasting it now,” Ms. Mufti said.
She besides recalled the raids and detentions of 3 erstwhile main ministers successful J&K successful 2019, up of the revocation of the peculiar status. “Majority of governmental parties past maintained silence. The aforesaid methods are being applied crossed the state now,” she added.
