India, June 6 -- Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Sakeena Itoo on Friday criticised PDP president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for visiting the under-construction AIIMS Awantipora project in south Kashmir.

In a statement, Itoo questioned the purpose of the visit and said former rulers were behaving as though they were still in power.

"Some people seem to be suffering from political amnesia. They still behave as if they are in power, even though they lost office in 2018 and have since been repeatedly rejected by the people. The elected government today is led by Hon'ble Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Yet, one wonders in what capacity former rulers are conducting reviews of the AIIMS Awantipora project," she said in a stateme...