Key Highlights
- The Sangharsh Samiti, a recently formed conglomerate of right-wing organisations backed by the BJP, spearheaded an agitation in Jammu last year, demanding the cancellation of admissions to the medical college and seeking reservation of seats exclusively for students professing faith in Mata Vaishno Devi.
- The Samiti emerged soon after admissions for the inaugural MBBS batch of 50 students were completed through the NEET merit list.
- Of these, 42 students are Muslims-mostly from Kashmir, seven are Hindu students from Jammu and one Sikh candidate.
- The firebrand MP from Srinagar said the majority of Jammu people would never support the closure of an educational institution.
- “Jammu is not Jammu (district) alone.