MBBS admission row: Sangharsh Samiti to hold Dharna onNovember 29
Jammu, Nov. 28 -- Amid row over admission to 42 Muslim students in first batch of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti (SMVDSS) has called for dharna at Raghunath Chowk on November 29.
Sangharsh on Thursday held a meeting, where six teams were constituted to ensure larger participation for peaceful agitation of the civil society across Jammu. "Apart from a legal team, five other teams will reach out to traders, religious leaders, political parties, women and educational institutions," said Samiti convenor Col (retd) SS Mankotia.
Earlier, Shiv Sena Dogra Front also held a demonstration on Thursday and demanded a probe by the anti-corruption bureau.
Led by its president Ashok Gupta, scores of Shiv Sena Dogra Front functionaries protested against the admission process at the medical college, which is operated by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, and raised slogans against it. "We demand a probe by the ACB into the admission process carried out by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examination (JKBOPEE) to admit Muslim students from Kashmir to the medical college run by the Hindu board of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi in the Katra area of Jammu," Gupta told reporters here.
He claimed that the situation indicates a conspiracy to infiltrate a Hindu institution through official mechanism.
"The medical college is run on the donations of hundreds of devotees, particularly Hindus. The college is set up with donation money, but the tragedy is that we are using the donations of Hindus to produce doctors from the Kashmir Valley belonging to a particular community," he alleged.
Workers from the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) also protested against the decision....
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