Kashmir, 25/3: Tightening the noose around its employees further, Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday issued a circular barring its staff from criticising the government, its actions and policies on social media or in the public.
According to a set of rules and guidelines, a government employee can neither criticise nor discuss any government policy or action on social media or blogs. The government has asked deputy commissioners and heads of various departments to take disciplinary action against such employees.
The circular has reiterated the set of guidelines, for use of social media by government employees that were first issued in December 2017 when Mehbooba Mufti was the chief minister of the erstwhile state.
“No Government employee shall post, tweet or share content that is political or anti-secular and communal in nature or subscribe to pages, communities or Twitter handles and blogs of such nature,” the circular issued by Commissioner/Secretary to the Government Sanjeev Verma read
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