Opinion | An Insight Into The Mind Of India’s Only Muslim Home Minister

India’s then home minister spoke of the people of India, and people of Kashmir, as if they were two independent entities

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India’s only Muslim, Cabinet-rank home minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, never condemned ‘jihad’. His tenure as VP Singh’s home minister from December 2, 1989, till November 10, 1990, was marked by the outbreak of terrorism in Kashmir, followed by the genocide and exodus of Kashmiri Pandits.

Six days after he took oath to maintain the unity and integrity of India, his daughter, Rubaiya Sayeed, was kidnapped by JKLF terrorists from Srinagar on December 8, 1989. Another five days later, on December 13, the government went down on its knees before the kidnappers and released five terrorists in exchange for the girl. This boosted the morale of the terrorists to the point of insanity. They planned to immediately hound out all the Kashmiri Pandits from the entire Valley, and declare Kashmir an Independent Islamic republic on January 26, which was only 44 days away.

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Just one week before D-day, violent Muslim mobs attacked their Hindu neighbours. The brutal attack began on the night of January 19, 1990. Crowds of Kashmiri Muslims took out loud processions on Boulevard Road, Srinagar. Their slogans were “Nara-e-taqbeer Allaah-O-Akbar"; “Yahaan kya chalega? Nizaam-e-Mustafa". Loudspeakers, mounted on top of mosques, blared “Raliv, Galiv, Chaliv". The previous day, then chief minister Farooq Abdullah had resigned and vanished from sight. On January 19, Governor’s rule was imposed in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, and Jagmohan was rushed to save the situation. The........

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