The National Medical Commission (NMC) has withdrawn the permission granted in September last year to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) Institute of Medical Excellence in Jammu and Kashmir to open admissions for the MBBS course.
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The decision came hours after the activists of the newly-floated SMVD Sangharsh Samiti which is backed by the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party held a protest outside the civil secretariat in Jammu on Tuesday against the admission of Muslim and other non-Hindu students to the institute.
According to reports on January 6, the NMC, citing “severe findings about non-compliance with minimum standards”, has withdrawn the ‘Letter of Permission’ granted to the SMVD University whose board runs the medical institute.
Of the 50 students from the first batch who got admission last year on the basis of their NEET rankings, 47 are Muslims and one is a Sikh while only two are Hindus. The NMC has ordered their placement at other government medical colleges of the Union territory.
07/01/2026