Srinagar, March 24 -- The government on Friday directed its employees not to discuss or criticize on social media any policy pursued or action taken, warning them with 'disciplinary action' for non-compliance of the instructions.

In a detailed circular issued here, the government has asked employees not to participate in any manner in any such discussion or criticism on social media pages, communities or microblogs.

"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, a copy of which lies with GNS reads.

No Government employee, it said, shall himself or herself or through any pers...