Editing Farooq Abdullah (section)

===1984–1996===
In 1986, G.M. Shah's government was dismissed after the communal [[1986 Kashmir riots]] in South Kashmir, and a new National Conference–Congress government was sworn in with Abdullah as the chief minister, after the [[Rajiv Gandhi|Rajiv]]-Farooq accord.

A [[1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|new election]] was held in 1987 and the National Conference–Congress alliance won the election amid allegations of fraud and widespread election rigging by the National Conference. This period saw a rise in militancy in the state, with the return of trained militants in J&K and incidents that included the [[1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed|kidnapping]] of the daughter of the Home Minister [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]. The period also witnessed the [[exodus of Kashmiri Pandits]] from the [[Kashmir valley]]. Subsequently, Farooq Abdullah resigned in protest after [[Jagmohan]] was appointed the governor, and the state's assembly was dismissed.<ref name="Koithara">
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He subsequently moved to the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="Dulat, A.S.">{{cite book|last=Dulat|first=Amarjeet Singh |title=Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years
|publisher=Harper Collins |year=2015|isbn=978-9-3517-7066-4
|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9789351770664/kashmir-the-vajpayee-years}}</ref>