India, Dec. 3 -- A BJP delegation met Union J P Nadda on Tuesday in Delhi, seeking reservation for Hindus in admissions at Katra's Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME), a party spokesperson said.
The college, run by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, has been accused by a certain section of activists and politicians with charges of bias for admitting mostly Muslims for its MBBS programme.
Over the past fortnight, right-wing Hindutva groups have held multiple protests demanding the shifting of Muslim students from the college and the Hindu reservation.
According to the spokesperson, the party delegation informed Nadda that resentment is brewing over 42 of the 50 MBBS seats in the college's first batch g...
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