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The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025) held protests successful Jammu’s Ramban territory to property the medication of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) successful Katra, to reserve each the MBBS seats for Hindus.
Meanwhile, J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said merit and not religion should beryllium the ground of admittance successful varsities.
“The Samiti, which has been formulated, held a protestation successful Ramban. This was aft a particular assemblage secured 42 MBBS seats, 7 Hindus 7 and 1 by a Sikh campaigner astatine the varsity’s aesculapian college. Money for varsity is donated by those affiliated to Sanathan Dharam and should payment our ain people,” Sangharsh Samiti Ramban president retired Subedar Major Surinder Singh Jamwal said.
The Samiti besides sought cancellation of the NEET enactment database successful which 42 Muslims qualified for the MBBS astatine the varsity. “Our protestation is not against immoderate assemblage but the policies of the varsity’s administration, which has failed to draught a argumentation to reserve seats for those who donate wealth (at the shrine),” Mr. Jamwal said.
The BJP, which has submitted a memorandum to J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to cancel the enactment database and amend the rules to favour Hindu aspirants, besides continued its protestation successful Jammu.
“Since the varsity is tally connected the donations fixed astatine Mata Vaishno Devi shrine truthful Hindu students person superior right. The rights of the students who person got admittance volition beryllium secured,” BJP spokesperson Sunil Sethi said.
BJP person and Member Parliament (MP) Ghulam Ali Khatana besides supported the enactment request to barroom admittance of Muslims astatine the varsity.
“Two things are important. One is merit, and the different is the information that astir 70% of the radical present beryllium to a peculiar community, truthful they people take that option. Apart from that, if an instauration is associated with immoderate faith, that origin besides matters and should beryllium taken into consideration. There is nary Hindu-Muslim space successful this,” Mr. Khatana said.
Meanwhile, J&K CM Abdullah expressed interest implicit “education being fixed the colour of religion”.
“Even successful aesculapian colleges, it is said that Muslims oregon non-Hindus should not survey here. Now, we volition enactment speech the merits of the children and commencement making decisions connected the ground of religion. Where volition the constitution of the state go?” Mr. Abdullah said, portion speaking astatine the Jamia Zia Ul Uloom in Poonch.
He said the Uloom was an illustration of merit-based acquisition and law values. “The instauration and its head, Maulana Ghulam Qadir Sahib, had supported the authorities successful maintaining assemblage harmony and had assisted during earthy disasters. Students from the institute person succeeded successful competitory exams specified arsenic UPSC, KAS (Kashmir Administrative Service), and KPS (Kashmir Police Service),” Mr. Abdullah said.
