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J&K Burqa Row: Medical Students Protest Over Labour Room Entry Rules
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News18•02-10-2026, 20:22
J&K Burqa Row: Medical Students Protest Over Labour Room Entry Rules
- •A controversy has erupted at Government Medical College (GMC), Doda, Jammu and Kashmir.
- •Medical students and interns are protesting alleged restrictions on wearing burqas or abayas inside the labour room.
- •Students claim a female professor asked burqa-clad interns to leave the labour room on two consecutive days.
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Medical students and interns at Government Medical College (GMC), Doda staged protests following an alleged restriction that barred burqa-clad interns from entering the labour room.
According to reports, a female professor at the college asked burqa-clad interns to leave the labour room on two consecutive days, triggering the controversy and protests.
The controversy and subsequent protests by medical students occurred at Government Medical College (GMC), Doda in the region of Jammu and Kashmir.
