{"id":64544,"date":"2025-12-20T07:47:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/smvdime-seat-allotment-row-sangarsh-samiti-delegation-meets-union-health-minister-j-p-nadda\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T07:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:47:22","slug":"smvdime-seat-allotment-row-sangarsh-samiti-delegation-meets-union-health-minister-j-p-nadda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/smvdime-seat-allotment-row-sangarsh-samiti-delegation-meets-union-health-minister-j-p-nadda\/","title":{"rendered":"SMVDIME Seat Allotment Row: Sangarsh Samiti Delegation Meets Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the ongoing public concern and agitation over the allotment of seats at the <strong>Shree Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME)<\/strong>, a high-level delegation of the <strong>Shree Mata Vaishno Devi Sangarsh Samiti<\/strong> on Friday met the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, <strong>Jagat Prakash Nadda<\/strong>, at Parliament House here.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation apprised the Union Minister in detail about the <strong>widespread resentment prevailing across Jammu<\/strong> over the seat-allotment issue and highlighted its <strong>serious socio-legal and regional implications<\/strong>. The members conveyed that the controversy has deeply hurt public sentiment, particularly as the institution has been established under the revered name of <strong>Shree Mata Vaishno Devi<\/strong>, from which the people of Jammu have high expectations.<\/p>\n<p>The concerns were presented firmly yet constructively, emphasising the need for fairness, transparency, and sensitivity in addressing the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda gave a patient and attentive hearing to the delegation and acknowledged the seriousness of the matter. He assured the members that both the <strong>Union Government and the BJP leadership are fully sensitive<\/strong> to the concerns raised.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister categorically stated that the issue would be <strong>examined with due seriousness<\/strong> and that a resolution would be arrived at <strong>very shortly<\/strong>, keeping in view the <strong>legitimate aspirations and sentiments of the people of Jammu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation comprised <strong>Col. (Retd) Sukhvir Mankotia<\/strong>, Convener, Shree Mata Vaishno Devi Sangarsh Samiti; <strong>Purshotam Dhadhichi<\/strong>, President, Sanatan Dharam Sabha, Jammu &amp; Kashmir; <strong>Abhishek Gupta<\/strong>, State Secretary, Vishwa Hindu Parishad; <strong>R.K. Chibbar<\/strong>, Member, Advisory Committee, POJK Sewa Samiti; and <strong>Deepak Sharma<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing satisfaction over the constructive response of the Union Health Minister, the Sangarsh Samiti reiterated its resolve to pursue the issue in a <strong>lawful, democratic and principled manner<\/strong> until a just and acceptable solution is achieved.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the delegation also met <strong>Jugal Kishore Sharma<\/strong>, Lok Sabha MP from Jammu, and <strong>Sat Sharma<\/strong>, Rajya Sabha MP and BJP State President. Both MPs assured the Sangarsh Samiti that its demands would be raised at appropriate forums for early resolution.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation further met Delhi-based members of the <strong>Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board<\/strong> and apprised them of the prevailing situation and public concerns in Jammu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the ongoing public concern and agitation over the allotment of seats at the Shree Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME), a high-level delegation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64544","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-jammu","category-kashmir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}