Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, who is currently under house arrest since the abrogation of Article 370,accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "using the jawan card and hijacking their sacrifices to get votes" and added that the government does not care about "jawans or Kashmiris".Mufti's statements were posted on her official Twitter account, being managed by her daughter Iltijasince the former CM's house arrest.

What explains 9 lakh troops in Kashmir if everything'snormal? They aren't there because of an imminent attack from Pakistan butsimply to quell protests. Army's primary responsibility is to protect bordersinstead of being used to crush dissent," read Mufti's first tweet.  She later added, "BJP uses the Jawan cardand hijacks their sacrifices to get votes. But truth is that if Kashmiris aretreated as cannon fodder, troops have become pawns to contain unrest in thevalley. The ruling party doesn't care about jawans or Kashmiris. Sole concernis winning elections."

The Peoples Democratic Party chief (PDP) has beencontinuously attacking the government on Article 370 move, which revoked thespecial status given to J&K.

Mufti's fresh salvo comes on a day when the Centre's traveladvisory for Jammu and Kashmir was withdrawn after nearly over two months.

Meanwhile, the process to release political leaders, putunder detention after the government scrapped Article 370, in Kashmir alsostarts on Thursday.