Jammu, Dec. 17 -- National Conference president and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said his party never discriminated in the name of region and religion. His comment came amid row over the MBBS admissions for first batch in Shri Mata Vaishno Devi medical college and allegations of discrimination against players from the Jammu region as none from Jammu found place in the team for Santosh Trophy.

Farooq was attending a programme organised here to commemorate the third death anniversary of Masud Ahmed Choudhary. "The NC has never discriminated with Jammu. Our party has always given equal treatment to Jammu but some forces are trying to divide us," he said and referred to the NC government's restoration of Darbar Move pract...