Srinagar, Jan. 8 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that the Jammu and Kashmir government will not withdraw the grant-in-aid provided to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University.

"We have given aid to the university, and we are not one of those people who will take back the money," the Chief Minister told reporters during a media interaction.

He said the issue of the medical college and the affected students had already been discussed earlier in Samba in the presence of the Health Minister.

Omar said the students had cleared the NEET examination on merit and it was the legal responsibility of the government to accommodate them.

"These children have passed the NEET exam and it is their merit. It is our legal responsibility to ad...