JAMMU, Dec. 28 -- Hundreds of protesters led by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti staged a protest, scuffled with policemen and burnt an effigy of the lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha outside Lok Bhavan here on Saturday, demanding revocation of the MBBS admission list of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence.

Raising slogans, some of the protesters even tried to climb over the walls of the Lok Bhawan. Sinha is the chairman of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine board.

It may be stated here that out of 50 students in the maiden batch of MBBS course to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Medical College, 42 belong to Muslim community, which has sparked a major controversy here with Hindu devotees and various religious organisations dem...