Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 20: Senior Congress leader and DDC Suchetgarh Taranjit Singh Tony today termed the Vaishno Devi admissions row as a BJP’s “administrative blunder” and urged the people to protest against their failure.
In a statement issued, Tony said, “It’s a lapse and the issue should not be communalized.”
“This is not about Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs. This is about the BJP-led Central government’s total failure. The BJP should have got minority status for the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence, but they failed. Had they acted on time, this situation would never have occurred,” Tony said.
He accused the BJP of misleading devotees and failing to protect an institution built solely from the donations, faith and contributions of Hindu pilgrims.
Tony stressed that while the medical profession has no religious identity, the BJP’s administrative negligence is what led to the skewed admissions.
“Doctors, teachers and professors, they don’t have a religion. Merit has no religion. But minority status is a legal right and the BJP failed to secure that right for a shrine-funded college. That is why this skewed list happened,” he said.
Tony urged the public to direct their anger at the BJP, not at any community.
He said, “The real question is simple, why did the BJP fail to get minority protection for a Hindu shrine-run college? The protest should be against the BJP government, not any religion.”
“BJP leaders are only speaking now because protests have begun. Their silence throughout the admission process exposes their hypocrisy. They are shedding crocodile tears today. They remained silent when the admission list was being prepared under their own government. Their statements now cannot hide their failure when action was needed,” he added.
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