Srinagar, June 26 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association on Thursday wrote to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Thiru M.K. Stalin, seeking his immediate intervention after a Kashmiri doctor was allegedly denied admission for a super-speciality degree in a prestigious institution in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore due to his beard.
The JKSA said a Kashmiri doctor was allotted a DrNB (Nephrology) seat at Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital (KMCH), Coimbatore, through the NEET-SS second counselling round conducted by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS). He was allegedly asked to shave his beard.
In its letter, the Association said that upon reporting to the hospital to complete admission formalities, the doctor was reportedly...