Overview
- The VHP said a November 1 letter to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged that only six of 50 students are Hindus, with 44 Muslims, at the Katra-based Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence.
- The organisation also alleged that a sizeable share of the nursing college faculty members are Muslims or Christians.
- It urged the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board to reassess admission and hiring policies and demanded appointment of only Hindu teachers and staff at shrine-linked institutions.
- The Rashtriya Bajrang Dal held a protest in Jammu seeking minority-institution status for the college to enable reservations for Hindu students.
- A subsequent report cited an admission list showing 42 Muslims, seven Hindus and one Sikh in the first MBBS batch, as BJP and other local groups questioned the composition.