Jammu, Nov. 26 -- Against the backdrop of a recent controversy over the selection of 42 Muslim candidates in the medical college established and funded by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, the BJP today demanded amendment in the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Act, 1999.
Addressing a press conference, BJP chief spokesperson, senior advocate Sunil Sethi, flanked by senior advocate Abhinav Sharma, advocate Ankur Sharma and Zorawar Singh Jamwal, cautioned against politicising or communalising the matter.
Sethi criticised Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for what he described as his attempts to project the issue as a Hindu-Muslim conflict.
Sethi said the sensitivities associated with Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, being a revered Hindu ...