Terminating the services of employees for their alleged involvement in anti-national and terrorist-related activities in J&K is welcome and there may be more such officials, who should be shown the door.
Similar action was taken in 1995 and 2016. Both times, however, the officials were reinstated later. But the question is how these criminals get the job.
The list of the sacked J&K employees is just a tip of the iceberg. There were serious complaints in the past that the employees who were taking part in “anti-national” activities during street protests, instigating people against security forces were not booked, nor FIRs allowed to be filed against them by political governments; the administration was pressed not to act against them.
The charges against the sacked staffers range from propagating and promoting the secessionist ideology of Jamat-e-Islami, Dukhtaran-e-Millat, and their sponsors in Pakistan, to informing militants about movement of security forces, harbouring militants, and hawala transactions.
Tax payers money should not be wasted to feed traitors and termites. There should be a strong background check by the Police for all suspicious employees and also any new employees for critical postings in J&K.
