There are only a few politicians in Kashmir that took their politics not just as a profession, but as a personal commitment. Not many politicians who absorbed political trends beyond Kashmir, yet remained rooted to their land and tradition. A handful of politicians from Kashmir who attained a position of influence beyond Kashmir. Not many examples where a man stands in the field for decades, but never gives up. Mufti Muhammed Sayeed exemplified all this. All his life he carried a grace that was only his.

Differ with his politics, contradict his political ideas, run counter to his political affiliations, but his personality as a political leader is a matter of fact. Today, as we observe his anniversary, his absence haunts the political landscape of Kashmir. If only he would have lived to see what Kashmir witnessed after his death, how would he feel, how would he conduct, and how would he respond? On all these questions the silence is eternal – that is the grief.

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Sahib was not just a prominent politician of Jammu & Kashmir, he was a visionary leader whose influence continues to........

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