Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the cancellation of the MBBS course at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence is a "dangerous precedent." The National Medical Council withdrew the course after protests by BJP and Hindu groups against 42 Muslim students securing 42 of 50 seats last year. Mehbooba blamed BJP, RSS, and Bajrang Dal affiliates for influencing the decision. "We are encouraging a mindset by succumbing to such pressure. They will employ similar tactics elsewhere under the notion that these are Muslims and from Kashmir and push them out," she said. She called the move politically motivated and a threat to minorities across India. "When education is politicized in the name of religion, and the youth of J&K find no place even in their own territory, how can they feel secure in Haryana, Punjab, or other states?" she questioned. On rumors of granting Statehood to Jammu, Mufti warned it would divide J&K on religious lines and revive the rejected two-nation theory. Praising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, she called her a "tigress" for standing against central government overreach like Enforcement Directorate raids and the revocation of Article 370. "Only Mamata Banerjee is fighting. She is a champion who can stand up to the BJP. The rest have chosen silence, even enjoying the torment of Jammu and Kashmir," Mufti said. She noted similar raids had been normal in J&K and are now happening across India. She recalled 2019 raids and detentions of three former J&K chief ministers before special status was revoked, criticizing other political parties for their silence then as the same tactics spread nationwide.