Omar Abdulah

Mehbooba Mufti Urges Review Of ‘Unjust’ Govt Employee Dismissals

Since August 2019, when the special status of Jammu & Kashmir was revoked, more than 60 central government employees have been dropped under Article 311(2)(c) of the Indian Constitution, which allows the government to dismiss employees without an inquiry in cases where the government feels it is necessary for the security of the state. The firings were done in a hap-hazard manner and on flimsy grounds without carrying out a proper probe, so employees and their families are quite stressed about this.  The leader of the People's Democratic Party, or PDP, Mehbooba...