After the union government announced that such a university will be established in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government had identified a place close to Samba for the site of the institution. But later there was a proposal to open it in Kashmir.

'It (central university) should have been set up in Jammu as a natural sequel to the central government's decision to establish it in the region. Jammu students are agitating for their rights and we are supporting them,' Pavitar Singh, convenor of CUAS, told IANS.