"Until You Have Proof...": Mehbooba Mufti On J&K Government Dismissals

On Sunday the J&K administration sacked 11 employees, including two sons of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and a school teacher, for allegedly helping terrorists

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday slammed the Jammu and Kashmir administration over the firing of government employees - including a school teacher appointed on compassionate grounds - saying it could not take such action "unless and until you have proof". I've said this again & again, you can capture a man but not an idea. You've to address the idea, as Vajpayee ji did. Witch-hunting, criminalisation of dissent is taking our nation back: Mehbooba Mufti on her tweet on dismissal of 11 govt employees, incl 2 sons of Syed Salahuddin GOI continues disempowering people of J&K in garb of pseudo nationalism by trampling the constitution that ought to be upheld. Abrupt dismissal of 11 gov employees on flimsy grounds is criminal. All policy decisions vis a vis J&K are taken with sole objective of punishing Kashmiris https://t.co/qgxk4BCdcb Ms Mufti - who yesterday accused the centre of "disempowering people of J&K in garb of pseudo nationalism by trampling (on) the constitution", and said the dismissals were on "flimsy grounds" - also said the government could not "hold a child responsible for the actions of his father". "I'm not supporting anyone (but) you can't hold a child responsible for actions of his father unless and until you have proof. They've sacked 20-25 this year," she was quoted by news agency ANI. "I've said this again and again... you can capture a man but not an idea. You've to address the idea, as Vajpayeeji did. Witch-hunting, criminalisation of dissent is taking our nation backwards."