Editing Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (section)

==Political party affiliations==
Sayeed started his political career in the 1950s in the Democratic National Conference, a splinter group of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]] led by [[Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq]]. He was appointed as the district convenor of the party,<ref name=Hebbar>Nistula Hebbar, [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/JampK-Chief-Minister-Mufti-Mohammad-Sayeed-dead/article13986437.ece J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed dead], The Hindu, 7 January 2016.</ref> which merged back into the National Conference in late 1960.{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|p=77}}

In 1962, he was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir|Legislative Assembly]] from Bijbehara. After G. M. Sadiq became the chief minister of the state in 1964, Sayeed was appointed as a deputy minister in his government.<ref name=Hebbar/>

In January 1965, the National Conference merged into the [[Indian National Congress]].{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|p=82}} Thus Sayeed became a member of Congress.

In 1972, Sayeed became a cabinet minister and, the president of the state Congress unit.<ref name=Hebbar/><ref name="ibnlivemufti">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/mufti-mohammed-sayeed-a-political-opportunist-and-stalwart-of-jk-1186359.html|title=Mufti Mohammed Sayeed: A political opportunist and stalwart of J&K|publisher=[[IBNLive]]|date=7 January 2016}}</ref> He joined the [[Rajiv Gandhi]]'s [[Rajiv Gandhi Ministry|government]] in 1986 as [[Minister of Tourism (India)|minister of Tourism]].<ref name="ibnlivemufti"/> In 1987, he quit the Congress party to join [[V. P. Singh]]'s [[Jan Morcha]], which led to him becoming the first Muslim [[Minister for Home Affairs (India)|minister for Home Affairs]] in the [[Union Cabinet of India]] for one year, from 1989 to 1990.<ref name = "bbc_profile">{{cite news  | last = Prabhat | first = Abhishek | title = Profile: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed |work=BBC News   |publisher=BBC   | date = 29 October 2002 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2369851.stm | access-date = 5 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/mufti-a-man-caught-in-the-mid-stream-tragedy/story-YvwYbSI2hxMzKk8UqG4AkO.html|title=Mufti: A man caught in the 'mid-stream' tragedy|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=7 January 2016}}</ref>

He rejoined the Congress under [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], which he left in 1999 along with his daughter [[Mehbooba Mufti]] to form his own party, the [[Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party]].{{fact|date=November 2023}}