Opposition Peoples Conference president and MLA Sajad Lone termed the government move a “blatant display of political overreach and servility.”“215 schools forcibly taken over by the J&K Government. And no prizes for guessing. The elected government has passed the order,” Lone said. “Shame and shamelessness have assumed new meanings in this government. They are setting new standards in servility.”Lone said this elected government is a party to all acts undertaken. “Be it mailings or termination of employees, they are equal partners. They have been equal partners in the past. And they will be equal partners in the future.”“This is the A team. This was always the A team,” he added.The central government had the religio-socio and political outfit Jamaat-e-Islami in February 2019 a fortnight after the February 14, 2019 suicide attack on a CRPF convoy at Lethpora, Pulwama in which 40 paramilitary personnel were killed and many others injured.The Jamaat has been banned under sub¬section (1) of section (3) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967) and the organization has been declared as an unlawful association.After the ban, the authorities launched a crackdown against the outfit and detained its leaders and workers. Hundreds of Jamaat workers including its chief were arrested and are lodged in different jails within and outside Kashmir.
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