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The Congress connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) accused the BJP-led authorities of deliberately “undermining and communalising” the acquisition system, citing the withdrawal of support for the MBBS people astatine the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME), wherever bulk of the students admitted were Muslims, and the demolition of a schoolhouse built by a Muslim antheral successful Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district.
Addressing a property league successful New Delhi, Congress wide caput successful complaint of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Syed Naseer Hussain, on with enactment nationalist caput Divvya Madernna, demanded the contiguous reopening of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence and the reconstruction of the demolished schoolhouse successful Betul.
Mr. Hussain alleged that acquisition institutions were being turned into tools to beforehand governmental and communal agendas. He said that prime acquisition formed the backbone of a developed federation but claimed that the contiguous authorities was “continuously injecting poison” into the system.
“Admissions to students astatine the Vaishno Devi Medical College successful Jammu-Kashmir were done based connected NEET. The fig of Muslim students successful the last admittance database was higher successful the admittance list; 42 retired of 50 students were Muslim. This happened due to the fact that the Muslim assemblage has a larger colonisation successful that area. During counselling, astir children chose colleges successful their ain portion truthful they could enactment adjacent to home,”the Congress person said.
Earlier this month, the National Medical Commission (NMC) revoked the Letter of Permission to Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra-based college, citing non-compliance with minimum standards and extended deficiencies successful module strength, objective worldly and infrastructure.
The bid followed an agitation by the Sangharsh Samiti, a recently-formed conglomerate of outfits backed by the BJP, demanding cancellation of admissions to the aesculapian assemblage and seeking preservation of seats exclusively for students professing religion successful Mata Vaishno Devi.
Referring to the Betul incident, Mr. Hussain said a schoolhouse built by Abdul Naeem astatine a idiosyncratic outgo of astir ₹20–22 lakh for section children, was bulldozed contempt having the requisite permissions. He alleged that rumours were dispersed branding it a madrasa solely due to the fact that the laminitis was a Muslim, and that the demolition was carried retired without notice, enquiry oregon hearing.
Probe demanded
The enactment demanded a high-level probe into the Betul demolition and the aesculapian assemblage closure, punishment for those responsible, and an extremity to what it termed “bulldozer culture” successful education.
The Congress leaders besides cited different instances, including the alleged poisoning of a schoolhouse h2o vessel successful Karnataka’s Belagavi territory and disruptions to Christmas celebrations astatine a schoolhouse successful Assam. They alleged fund cuts to Central universities and stagnation successful backing for Jawaharlal Nehru University, alongside schoolhouse closures and unit shortages.
Ms. Madernna said institutions were being unopen alternatively of strengthened, and accused the authorities of eroding the tone of the Right to Education Act.
