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The National Medical Commission (NMC) connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026) withdrew the MBBS database of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME), which saw 42 Kashmiri Muslim candidates qualifying retired of 50 seats past year, citing the varsity’s “non-compliance of minimum standards”. The determination has been welcomed by the BJP.
Officials said the NMC’s Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) withdrew the Letter of Permission (LoP) granted to the varsity successful Reasi’s Kakryal for moving the MBBS people with 50 seats for the world twelvemonth 2025-26.
The NMC said the determination takes contiguous effect, arsenic it “follows terrible findings astir non-compliance with minimum standards during a astonishment inspection”.
“To safeguard the interests of the students already admitted for the world Year 2025–26, the State/UT authorities person been authorised to accommodate specified students successful different aesculapian institutions wrong the Union Territory, arsenic supernumerary seats, successful accordance with applicable norms,” officials said.
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The abrupt withdrawal of the database came aft weeks of protests by aggregate Hindu groups, supported by the BJP leaders successful Jammu, against allowing Muslim students to survey successful a assemblage tally connected the donations of Hindu pilgrims successful Jammu. The protests came to the fore aft 42 Kashmiri Muslims qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) and managed admissions successful the college.
Welcoming the development, BJP person and legislator R.S. Pathania said, “The NMC has revoked support for 50 MBBS seats astatine SMVDIME owed to a nonaccomplishment to conscionable indispensable standards. It reaffirms commitment to quality. Every affected pupil volition beryllium seamlessly transferred to a supernumerary spot successful different UT colleges.
The Mata Vaishno Devi University came into being successful 1999 aft the J&K Assembly passed a Bill. Later, it was granted authorities funds and astir 80 kanals of State onshore to relation successful Jammu’s Katra.
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had warned against cancelling the MBBS list. “Admission cannot beryllium granted without merit. Introducing religion into admissions would interruption law provisions. Once religion becomes a origin successful organization decisions, it could power different areas of governance. Can akin principles beryllium followed successful societal payment schemes oregon policing?” Mr. Abdullah had said.
He had besides challenged the varsity “to question number presumption for the varsity” and “give up peculiar concessions fixed by the government”.
