A group led by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti staged a protest outside Lok Bhavan in Jammu on Saturday, demanding that the MBBS admission list of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence be revoked, The Indian Express reported.
The protesters objected to the selection of a large number of Muslim students from Kashmir, the newspaper reported.
The protesters clashed with police personnel, shouted slogans and burnt an effigy of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha. The lieutenant governor serves as the chairman of the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, which runs the institution.
Some demonstrators attempted to climb the walls of Lok Bhavan, the official winter residence of the lieutenant governor, before being stopped by security personnel, the Hindustan Times reported.
Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party, its parent organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal and other Hindutva organisations also joined the protest.
The agitation was triggered by the release in November of the first admission list to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examinations. Of the 50 candidates selected for the institute’s first MBBS batch, 44 were Muslims from Kashmir and six were Hindus from Jammu, The Indian Express reported. Of the six Hindu candidates selected, only…
Source: Jammu: Protests over admission of Muslim students to Vaishno Devi medical college, LG’s effigy burnt
