Srinagar, Jan. 9 -- Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday expressed serious concern over the cancellation of recognition of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME), warning that the move could set a "dangerous precedent".
Mehbooba said the decision by the National Medical Council (NMC) to withdraw the college's permission negates the historic decision taken by the people of a Muslim-majority state to accede to India.
"This is not just about one college; it can become a pattern," she told reporters in Srinagar. "Jammu and Kashmir has always been the testing ground; whatever is experimented here is eventually rolled out in the rest of the country."The institute had ad...