Jammu, Nov 23: National Conference (NC) leader Tanvir Sadiq on Sunday criticised the BJP’s call to revoke the admission list at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME), saying the demand to reserve seats for students who have faith in the deity is “misguided and dangerous”.

Disgruntled BJP leader Jahanzaib Sirwal also criticised the demand to cancel seats allotted to Muslim students, calling it “irresponsible and unconstitutional”, and noting that the institute is a public university established under a statute of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.

The SMVDIME has been sanctioned 50 MBBS seats this year and the admission of 42 students from a particular community in the maiden batch for the 2025-26 academic year has sparked a row, with right-wing Hindu groups q

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