J&K’s former Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah on Thursday claimed the J&K Lieutenant Governor’s administration “forced” government employees to attend the public rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium and Kashmir International Convention Centre.
Ms. Mufti, president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), claimed the government employees were herded at 5 a.m. in sub-zero temperatures into vehicles at Budgam bus stand, ferrying them to the PM’s rally.
“Disheartening to see employees being forcibly mobilised to paint a pretty picture that all is well post 2019 and that people here are celebrating their own collective disempowerment and humiliation,” Ms. Mufti said.
