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The ruling National Conference (NC) enactment connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025) hardened its presumption connected the contention surrounding the admissions to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra. It said the varsity was receiving grants from the authorities and “does not tally wholly connected the donations from devotees”.
NC person and legislator Tanvir Sadiq said the Jammu & Kashmir authorities provides grant-in-aid to the university and the medical assemblage affiliated to it. “The varsity received ₹24 crore past year, and ₹28 crore this year. When (The Bharatiya Janata Party person and the Leader of the Opposition successful the J&K Assembly) Sunil Sharma-ji talks astir the ‘sentiments’ of those who donate astatine the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, helium conveniently ignores a cardinal information — the J&K authorities gives grant-in-aid to the university,” Mr. Sadiq said.
The documents intelligibly beryllium the instauration isn’t moving connected donations alone, helium said. “And erstwhile nationalist wealth is involved, each national of this Union Territory has an adjacent close to beryllium there, irrespective of religion oregon background,” Mr. Sadiq added.
A fewer days ago, the BJP submitted a memorandum to J&K Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha, and sought the scrapping of this year’s MBBS list, aft 42 Muslim students qualified retired of a full of 50 seats. The BJP besides sought the L-G’s involution to reserve each the seats astatine the varsity for Hindus due to the fact that “it has travel up implicit donations of Hindu devotees”.
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah connected Tuesday (November 24, 2025) again questioned the BJP’s move. “Admissions are done purely connected merit and not connected religion. If you privation lone Hindus to beryllium selected, past it’s fine, arsenic those selected volition get admissions successful different colleges. But erstwhile you said that Muslims person go extremist and sectarian, past bash retrieve this also,” the J&K Chief Minister said.
When the varsity came up, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board should person asked for a number status, helium said. “Why didn’t you springiness it minority status? You should person fixed it, but you did not. Now, if you don’t privation Muslims to survey successful it, that is fine, sir. You state it a number institute. Please bash it,” Mr. Abdullah said.
Mr. Abdullah warned against “exclusionary approaches”. “Such an attack could pb to societal distance. If students are pushed away and aboriginal accused of being alienated oregon influenced, work indispensable beryllium acknowledged. If the presumption is changed, those who qualified the NEET (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test) volition get chances successful different places. Our younker volition spell to Bangladesh oregon Turkey, but they should not beryllium blamed later,” the NC person said.
J&K Waqf Board subordinate Sohail Kazmi besides objected to the BJP’s basal that lone Hindus should beryllium admitted to the university. “A sizeable chunk of Waqf Board properties person been rented retired to non-Muslims successful J&K. The Waqf purely runs connected donations. I person visited the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine myself and offered donations. What astir secular radical similar me? Tomorrow, volition we bar Hindus from offering donations astatine the Ajmer Sharif?” Mr. Kazmi said.
