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Mr. Sayeed, who took over as Chief Minister of PDP-BJP
coalition on March last year, was admitted to AIIMS after he had complained of
exhaustion due to fever.
Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
passed away of multiple organ failure in New Delhi on Thursday morning after
nearly a week long hospitalisation. He was 78.
Mr Sayeed, a two time chief minister of the state had started
his second tenure on March 1st, 2015 in alliance with the BJP, after
having led the state government between 2003-05 previously. He was the founder
of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (JKPDP) that he founded in
1999 to persuade "the Indian government into an unconditional dialogue
with the Kashmiri people."
In a long career in politics, Mr Sayeed was a Congressman
till 1987, and had been minister for tourism in the Rajiv Gandhi government in
1986, after which he joined former Prime Minister V P Singh's National Front
government as India's home minister. His short stint there (1989-90) was marred
by the kidnapping by Kashmiri militants, of his daughter Rubaiyya Sayeed.
Mr Sayeed's other daughter Mehbooba Mufti is considered
his political heir, and through his illness there has been talk of her
succeeding to the chief minister's chair in Jammu and Kashmir.
Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condoled the death of
Mr. Sayeed. “My heart felt sympathies to Mrs Syed, Mehbooba & the entire
family in this most difficult of times. My & my family's prayers are with
them.”
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