Editing Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (section)

==Political career ==
===Chief Minister: First tenure (2002–2005)===
[[File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh being seen off by the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri Mufti Mohammad Sayeed at the Leh Airport, in Jammu & Kashmir on June 12, 2005.jpg|thumb|The prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh being seen off by the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed at the Leh Airport, in Jammu & Kashmir on 12 June 2005]]
[[File:Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Shri Mufti Mohammed Sayeed calls on the Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi on December 12, 2003.jpg|thumb|Chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir Mufti Mohammed Sayeed calls on the prime minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] in [[New Delhi]] on 12 December 2003]]
Sayeed participated in the 2002 assembly election and won 18 assembly seats for his Peoples Democratic Party. He went on to form a [[coalition government]] with the Indian National Congress, and was sworn in as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir for a term of three years.<ref name = "bbc_">{{cite news | title = New leader promises Kashmir 'healing' |work=BBC News   |publisher=BBC   | date = 3 November 2002 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2394023.stm | access-date = 5 March 2009}}</ref>

In 2003, he merged the autonomous [[Special Operations Group (Jammu and Kashmir)|Special Operations Group]] with the [[Jammu and Kashmir Police]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mufti disbands SOG, merges force with police|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-02-25/news/27516040_1_anti-militancy-sog-special-operations-group|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205022045/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-02-25/news/27516040_1_anti-militancy-sog-special-operations-group|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 February 2016|website=Economic Times|access-date=7 January 2016|date=25 February 2003}}</ref> It was under his tenure which coincided with the [[India-Pakistan relations|peace process]] led by [[Prime Ministers of India|Indian prime ministers]] [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and [[Manmohan Singh]] and Pakistani president [[Pervez Musharraf]], with [[Line of Control|LOC]] opened for trade and bus service.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mufti-mohammad-sayeed-a-master-politician-who-tried-to-nurture-true-indian-constituency-in-kashmir-2163383 |title=Mufti Mohammad Sayeed: A master politician who tried to nurture true Indian constituency in Kashmir|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=8 January 2016}}</ref>

===Chief Minister: Second tenure (2015–2016)===
[[File:Shri Mufti Mohammad Sayeed meeting the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on February 27, 2015.jpg|thumb|Mufti Mohammad Sayeed meeting the prime minister, [[Narendra Modi]], in [[New Delhi]] on 27 February 2015]]
[[File:The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on April 07, 2015.jpg|thumb|Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed calling on the Union Home minister, [[Rajnath Singh]], in New Delhi on 7 April 2015]]
[[File:The Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Shri Mufti Mohammad Sayeed calling on the President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, in New Delhi on March 28, 2015.jpg|thumb|Chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed calling on the president, [[Pranab Mukherjee]], in New Delhi on 28 March 2015]]
In the [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]], the PDP emerged as the single largest party, though it fell short of a majority. Following a coalition agreement between the [[BJP]] and the PDP, Sayeed started his second tenure as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-modi-will-attend-oath-ceremony-says-jammu-and-kashmirs-chief-minister-to-be-mufti-sayeed-742836?story_interestedin_related|title=PM Modi Will Attend Oath Ceremony, Says Jammu and Kashmir's Chief Minister-to-be Mufti Sayeed|author=Amit Chaturvedi|date=27 February 2015|work=NDTV.com}}</ref>

===Union Minister for Home Affairs===
In 1989, within few days of taking office as the [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Union Minister for Home Affairs]], his third daughter, Rubaiya, was [[1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed|kidnapped]] in 1989.<ref name = "rediff_int1">{{cite news | last = Sreedharan | first = Chindu | title = 'Elections in J&K have not been fair since 1987' | work=[[Rediff.com]] | date = 18 September 1999 | url = http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/sep/18inter.htm | access-date = 5 March 2009}}</ref> Under pressure, she was released from captivity. During his tenure as Home Minister of India the [[Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] took place.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/story/207367.html |title=On 'Holocaust' day, Kashmiris seek probe into Pandit exodus |last=DIN |first=ZAHIR-UD |date=20 January 2016 |location=[[Srinagar]] |access-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701222257/https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/story/207367.html |archive-date=1 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kashmirink.in/news/coverstory/probe-the-exodus/133.html |title=PROBE THE EXODUS |last=Din |first=Zahir-ud |date=1 April 2016  |publisher=Kashmir Ink |access-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701193934/http://www.kashmirink.in/news/coverstory/probe-the-exodus/133.html |archive-date=1 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Rediff">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/19kanch.htm |title=19/01/90: When Kashmiri Pandits fled Islamist terror |date=19 January 2005 |publisher=Rediff |access-date=10 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126101005/http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/19kanch.htm |archive-date=26 January 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>