Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha has accepted a memorandum of the BJP seeking to scrap the MBBS admission list, which has maximum Muslim qualifiers, and reserve all the seats for Hindus at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra. The move has evoked sharp reactions from J&K parties, including the ruling National Conference (NC).

A five-member BJP delegation, headed by senior BJP leader Sunil Sharma, who is also the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly, met Mr. Sinha at the Raj Bhavan in Jammu on Saturday evening. The delegation sought Mr. Sinha’s intervention to amend the rules of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board and reserve the seats in the university for only Hindus.

“Most students in the admission list are from one particular commun

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