Outfits affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have launched protests in the Jammu region, demanding that the Shri Mata Vaishnodevi Institute of Medical Excellence scrap the admission list for its first batch of students, 90% of whom are Muslims belonging to Kashmir.

BJP’s MLA from Udhampur, RS Pathania, has lent support to the protests backed by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, arguing that an institution that has been set up by donations offered to the Vaishno Devi shrine should not be dominated by the Muslim community, and that seats should be reserved for Hindus, according to The Indian Express.

However, this would not be possible as the medical college is not classified as a minority institute. Despite this, the VHP and Bajrang Dal have held demonstra

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