He was previously ousted from the cabinet for rallying in support accused in the gangrape-and-murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua.
While addressing a press conference in Jammu, he demanded a CBI probe into Kathua case, he said: “They (Kashmir’s journalists) have created wrong atmosphere about the whole case. Now, I would like to ask them to draw a line of journalism and think about how to live.”
At the conference, he mentioned about the gruesome murder of ‘Rising Kashmir’ chief editor Shujaat Bukhari and said: “Are they waiting for similar incident that has happened with Basharat (apparently referring to Shujaat)?”
“It’s better to control yourself before situation get worse,” he said, adding, “They (journalists) must draw a line so that brotherhood in the state remains intact and we also join the journey of development.”