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Amitabh Mattoo -- academic who advised Mufti is now Mehbooba's advisor
April 28, 2016
J&K government appoints noted academic Amitabh Mattoo as advisor to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
Mattoo also served as advisor to chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, who died on January 7.
A Kashmiri Pandit, his parents did not leave the Kashmir Valley after
militancy erupted in 1989-90 and his mother continued to teach in a
local college till her retirement.
During his last tenure as advisor to the chief minister, Mattoo did
not draw any salary from the government and took a token one rupee as
monthly remuneration.
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