Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away
He was 79 when death came.
Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah tweeted: "Just heard the terrible terrible news of Mufti Sahib's passing away. I'm shocked & deeply saddened. May he rest in peace."
Sayeed assumed the charge as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir for the second time on Mar 1, 2015.
Born in Baba Mohalla in Bijbehara town of district Anantnag on 12 January 1936, Mufti’s early life was typical of the new bourgeoisie that emerged in Kashmir in the middle of the century.
Having graduated from S P College in Srinagar, he went on to obtain a degree in law, and a post-graduate degree in Arab History from Aligarh Muslim University.
Although Mufti hoped to gain government employment, he was persuaded by his friends to start a law practice in Anantnag, and to join politics.
He joined the Anantnag Bar Association and briefly practiced as a lawyer.
Mufti after assuming charge as the Chief Minister of J&K in 2002, claimed to have crusaded the “Healing Touch” policy to repair the people’s hurt psyche, salvage their bruised dignity, rekindle a new hope in their hearts and motivate them to mould their destiny through a participatory political process.
After remaining in the Congress for better part of his life Mufti alongwith some likeminded associates and daughter Mehbooba Mufti founded Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1999 and led the first PDP-Congress coalition government in the State from 2002 to 2005.
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