NC terms termination of service of govt employees as

Days after Jammu and Kashmir government terminated services of one dozen employees for allegedly indulging in anti-national activities, Opposition National Conference today termed the step as "vindictive, retributive and punitive" and asked the government to reinstate them.

"Government should immediately reinstate the suspended employees as targeting the employees for the current unrest was a regressive and counter productive approach," NC Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani said in a statement here.

He lashed out at the government and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for harbouring a "vindictive, retributive and punitive" agenda against its employees.

"The State Government was being vindictive when the fragile situation called for a reconciliatory and positive approach to restore normalcy in the State," Wani, a former minister, said.
 

"Why single out government employees and punish them for an agitation which encompassed virtually all sections of the society? It is impractical for the government to think a certain section of the society can be tormented into compliance.

"This Government has gone from blackmailing employees, to coercing them, to threatening them of stopping their salaries to now finally placing them under suspension and termination," the NC Provincial President said.

He said NC stands in solidarity with the government employees and would continue to seek their restoration and dignified reinstatement.

"Our government employees have rendered innumerable sacrifices and served the people in extremely trying circumstances.

This current unrest and its ramifications are primarily because of the incumbent Government s wrong policies and Peoples Democratic Party's opportunistic alliance with the BJP, not because of government employees.

"Rather than introspecting and changing their ways, the Government is hell-bent on torturing government employees.

We stand with the employees and will do whatever is necessary to ensure they get justice and are not tormented," he said.

On October 20, Jammu and Kashmir government announced termination of services of one dozen employees for allegedly indulging in anti-national activities after dossiers were prepared against them.