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Rubaiya Sayeed (The kidnapped daughter of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed)

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A 23-year-old Rubaiya was kidnapped by Kashmiri militants in 1989, five days after her father became the first Muslim Minister of Home Affairs. Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of late Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed  today lives a low-profile life in Chennai. A 23-year-old Rubaiya was kidnapped by Kashmiri militants in 1989, five days after her father became the first Muslim Minister of Home Affairs. The militants had demanded the release of five arrested in return of Rubaiya’s release. With no other option, government accepted their demand and freed…

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Why saffron party may support Mehbooba despite reservations

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Apart from ‘sentiments’, there are many reasons why the BJP may back Mehbooba Mufti despite her perceived soft stance towards separatists — a position which does not suit the saffron party. Apparently, several state BJP leaders have expressed reservations on supporting her, one because of her lack of experience and two, the perceived stance. According to party sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a relationship of mutual respect with her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who also enjoyed immense goodwill within the party. It so appears that the Chief Minister had…

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Mehbooba set to be next CM – Know more about first female CM of J&K

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After her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s demise on Thursday, Mehbooba Mufti is set to take charge of the country’s only Muslim-majority state. The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday urged the governor to let Mehbooba Mufti become the 13th and the first woman chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Beigh and Altaf Bukhari yesterday submitted a letter to Governor NN Vohra nominating Mehbooba Mufti as the leader of their legislature party — which would entitle her to assume charge as the new chief minister…

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Governor asks PDP, BJP to clear stand on govt formation

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Moves for new government formation in Jammu and Kashmir gathered momentum today with Governor NN Vohra asking PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and state BJP chief to make their position clear on the issue. As the state was in mourning following the demise of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Mehbooba was reluctant to be sworn-in at least till the fourth day of the mourning, allies PDP and BJP held discussions on the way forward. Raj Bhavan sources said the Governor has written to Mehbooba and state BJP chief Sat Pal…

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NC in wait-and-watch mode ahead of succession

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The opposition National Conference is watching the political developments in the aftermath of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s death. Senior party leaders have decided to keep quiet over the issue of succession within the Peoples Democratic Party. Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed breathed his last at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on Thursday. Working president of the National Conference and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is reported to have told his party men to maintain silence over the succession issue and not utter a word…

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BJP to take call on supporting Mehbooba after the mourning

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Rubbishes rumours of party leaders demanding rotational chief ministership A day after the passing away of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Ram Madhav today held a meeting with Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti. Besides offering his condolences, Madhav said they held deliberations over the future of the PDP-BJP coalition government even as the BJP said they would decide their future strategy vis-à-vis extending support to Mehbooba as J&K Chief Minister after the mourning period of four days got over. “I went to offer…

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Mufti third CM to die in harness

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Seventy nine -year-old Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who breathed his last this morning at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, is the third Chief Minister of the state who died in office. Ghulam Mohammad Sadiq, last Prime Minister and first Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, died in office on December 12, 1971, while the Indo-Pak war was on. Sayed Mir Qasim became the Chief Minister of the state after the death of Sadiq. Although Sayeed Mir Qasim remained the Chief Minister till February 25, 1975, yet after…

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ISIS, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan don’t represent Islam: Geelani

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Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has denounced the ISIS against the backdrop of repeated display of its flag in Kashmir, saying it is a terrorist organisation which does not represent Islam. “ISIS, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and other like groups does not represent Islam. Daesh (alternate name of ISIS) is a terrorist organisation which is killing innocent people and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is weakening Pakistan internally,” the Kashmiri separatist leader has said. His remarks came against the backdrop of repeated display of ISIS flag by some youth during protests in…

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Mufti’s second term marked by four major controversies

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Like most of his political career spanning nearly 67 years, the second stint of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, which turned out to be his last, was marked by four major controversies, which saw the PDP at loggerheads with the BJP, its coalition partner. It took nearly two months of hectic back-channel negotiations to cobble together a coalition of the PDP and BJP, parties with divergent views on Kashmir and its special relationship with the Union. In fact, emerging after a 90-minute meeting with Prime…

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Mufti Muhammad Sayeed (1936-2016)

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed—a strong votary of Indo-Pak dialogue on Kashmir resolution and the man close to New Delhi—breathed his last at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi on Thursday morning. He was 79. Known as a suave politician who rose from a lawyer to first Muslim Home Minister of India and two-time Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti passed away at the AIIMS where he was being treated for sepsis and pneumonia since December 24, at 7.30 am. Sayeed, who took…

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