STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: BJP MLA from Kathua, Rajiv Jasrotia on Monday raised issue of disparity in admission to the medical and dental colleges including the professional institutions located in Jammu and Kashmir between Jammu province and Kashmir Valley.
MLA said that there is general thinking among people of Jammu Province that Jammu and Kashmir Competent Authority, which has been conducting entrance test for admission to medical and engineering courses since 1987, is fundamentally Kashmir-centric and biased against them. Jasrotia suggested and demanded implementation of the recommendations of the 1999 Singhal Committee, which was set up by the Jammu and Kashmir Government on April 7, 1998, to meet the demand of the agitating student community in Jammu.
MLA added that to end the regional disparity, all the seats available in the professional colleges, located in Kashmir, should be made the sole preserve of Kashmiri youth and all the seats available in the Jammu-based professional and technical colleges should be made the sole preserve of the Jammu youth.
