Srinagar, Feb 03 (KNO): Jammu and Kashmir Health and Education Minister, Sakina Itoo Tuesday said that the proposed National Law University (NLU) shall be established in Kashmir region to avoid the operational challenges faced by other regional institutions like the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) Medical College in Jammu.
Speaking to the reporters, the minister according to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said, “The proposed NLU shall be established in any district of Kashmir region because here in the Valley, thousands of students from Jammu region are pursuing their studies in different fields and nobody has raised any objection to it.”
She said that, “If the NLU is established in Jammu, BJP may force to cancel the Law university with the same reason they did in SMVD.”
“It is unfortunate that the opposition (BJP) instead of seeking more medical colleges for the Union Territory, they opposed functioning of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) Institute of Medical Excellence just because Muslim students were studying there,” Minister Itoo said.
She said that National Law University (NLU) is the right of students of Jammu and Kashmir. “The functioning of the university shall not face any disruption or exploitation.”
Besides, the minister told reporters that “In the first legislative assembly, we passed a resolution to restore Article-370. We forwarded the resolution to those who snatched it from us. Restoring statehood and the special status will always remain the demand of our party.”
Pertinently, on Monday, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Sunil Sharma said that the plea raised by the students for establishing a separate NLU in summer capital Jammu was fully justified. LoP had said that his party will fight for the students who had demanded for this institute.
Reacting to the statement of LoP Sharma, Deputy Chief Minister (CM) Surinder Kumar Choudhary a day before accused the BJP and the LoP of creating uproar over the demand for a NLU instead of focusing on broader governance issues—(KNO)