1989 is the year. Vice President Singh had taken office as prime minister just six days before. He appointed Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, a prominent Muslim, as Home Minister for the first time in his administration. Mufti was holding his first meeting of the term on December 8 at 3:45 p.m. in Delhi's North Block.

Simultaneously, his daughter, Rubaiya Saeed, who was born almost 800 kilometers away in Srinagar, left the hospital following her shift to return home. Following her MBBS, Rubaiya was completing an internship at this hospital.

Rubaiya got onto a JFK 677 transit van after leaving the hospital. This van was traveling on the outskirts of Srinagar, from Lal Chowk towards Naugam. Rubaiya was stopped at gunpoint by three other people in the vehicle as soon as they got close to Chanpura Chowk. Rubaiya Saeed was removed from the vehicle and forced to sit in a blue Maruti automobile that was parked across the street. Nobody is aware of what happened to that Maruti automobile after that.

Two hours later, or around six o'clock at night, JKLF member Javed Mir called a local newspaper to report that we had taken Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter Rubaiya Sayeed hostage. In return for Rubaiya's release, JKLF sought the release of twenty terrorists.

The government and the abductors engaged in negotiations until the afternoon of December 13, a period of five days. Finally, five terrorists were freed by the authorities. In return, Rubaiya was brought safely to mediator Justice Motilal Bhatt's Sonwar home a few hours later, at approximately 7:30.
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed wept when he saw Rubaiya arrive in Delhi at midnight on a chartered plane. "As a leader, I believe this should not have happened," he had then declared, adding, "As a father, I am happy."

In the third installment of the television series "Parivar Raj," which focuses on the nation's prominent political families, the tales of the Jammu and Kashmir-based Mufti Mohammad Sayeed family...
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was born 40 kilometers from Srinagar in 1936 in the town of Bijbehara in the Anantnag district. He came from a dynasty of powerful Pirs who oversaw Sufi mosques and shrines. They were frequently referred to as the "Muslim Brahmins of Kashmir" by non-Kashmiris. Mufti Ji is the name of his father. Muhammad lived in Bijbehara, Anantnag, and was a Maulana.

In 'The Caravan' magazine, journalist Praveen Donti writes that Saeed's buddy Maqbool Ahmed Nadeem told him that during a school weekly meeting, when the instructor asked the kids what they wanted to become in the future, Mufti had replied that he wanted to be a leader. He rose to the position of school federation president as well.

"Mullah's son is a Congress leader who wanders around."
Mufti graduated from Aligarh Muslim University with a law degree and a master's in Arab history. He then went back to Anantnag and began practicing law in the District Court.

Jammu and Kashmir was ruled by Sheikh Abdullah's National Conference at that time. The Democratic National Conference was founded by some left-leaning leaders after they broke away from the National Conference. In 1960, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed began his career in politics as the organization's district coordinator. After two years, this new party disbanded, and Saeed joined the National Conference.

Sayeed received the assembly ticket from the Bijbehara seat in 1962. At the age of 26, he was elected as an MLA. Mufti gained this seat once more in 1967, five years later. He was appointed deputy minister in the ministry of Chief Minister GM Sadiq. A few years later, Saeed became a member of the Congress Party.

Sheikh Abdullah had no liking for Saeed. "I have heard that some Mallakot (son of a Mullah) roams around as the leader of Congress here," he would tease Saeed.
In order to corner Saeed, Rajiv Gandhi summoned him to Delhi.
Saeed began working around the clock to increase the Congress's sway over the Kashmir Valley. Sayeed was able to establish a connection between fundamentalist leaders and Congress as well. Sayeed's political graph dramatically increased as a result of Congress giving him importance because he was confronting Sheikh Abdullah.

He was appointed as the state's cabinet minister and Congress leader in the Legislative Council in 1972. He was appointed president of the Congress Legislative Party's Jammu and Kashmir branch and leader of the party in 1975. His ambition to become Chief Minister, meanwhile, remained unfulfilled. Farooq became the head of the National Conference following the passing of Sheikh Abdullah. Here, Rajiv Gandhi took over following Indira's murder. A friendship existed between Farooq and Rajeev.
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed became a Rajya Sabha MP and the Civil Aviation Minister in Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's government in 1986. This was, in a sense, an attempt to give Farooq Abdullah clearance to enter Kashmir. Saeed was well aware of this. He left his position as minister in 1987 and went back to Kashmir.

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed joined the Janata Dal after quitting the Congress prior to the 1989 Lok Sabha elections. After leaving Kashmir, he ran for and won the Uttar Pradesh seat of Muzaffarnagar in the Lok Sabha elections. He was appointed Home Minister by Vice President Singh as soon as the administration was established. Rubaiya, the daughter of Mufti, was abducted during this time.

Was there a political plot behind Saeed's daughter's kidnapping?
In his book "The Great Disclosure, Secret Unmasked," separatist leader and chairman of the People's Political Party Hilal War said that Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had planned the kidnapping of his own daughter with separatist leader Yasin Malik. Saeed arranged for JKLF commander Mian Sarwar to have a covert meeting in December 1989 at the residence of DGP Ghulam Jilani Pandit. This meeting was where the plot to abduct Rubaiya Saeed was devised.

Meanwhile, in his book "Uncivil War: The Pathology of Terrorism in India," Ved Marwah, the 1989 National Security Guard Director General, asserted that Mufti Mohammad Sayeed remained silent at the time on this issue. Arun Nehru, the minister of commerce, has received full responsibility for this issue from Prime Minister VP Singh. The government's strategy was incorrect. With the kidnappers, three lines of communication were established. All they wanted was for Rubaiya Saeed to be taken off their channel.
OP In a 2012 interview, Kaushik—a 1989 National Security Guard (NSG) Major General—stated that Mufti Mohammad Sayeed wished for his daughter's delayed release. Kaushik had stated that the NSG had discovered Rubaiya's whereabouts five minutes after learning of the kidnapping. Saeed became enraged and demanded that Kaushik leave the meeting right away after he assured him that Rubaiya would be freed securely in a short while.

In his book "VP Singh: Sonia Gandhi, Chandrashekhar, and I," journalist Santosh Bharatiya mentions this occurrence and notes that it was an emotional decision with unfavorable long-term effects. This conveyed the idea that exerting pressure on VP Singh may result in anything.

He introduced his daughter, Mehbooba, to politics in 1996 and gave her a seat.
The Janata Dal saw a split on November 8, 1990. Following Janata Dal's dissolution, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed rejoined the Congress. Mehbooba Mufti's father insisted that she enter politics in 1996.

Mehbooba Mufti ran and won her first assembly election in 1996, representing the Bijbehara constituency in Anantnag on the Congress ticket. Following this, Mehbooba ran for the 1999 Srinagar parliamentary seat but was unsuccessful.
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the father of Mehbooba Mufti, broke away from the Congress Party in 1999 and founded the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party, or PDP. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed took over as president, appointing his daughter, Mehbooba Mufti, as vice president.

Omar Abdullah, Farooq's son, had stated about Saeed and Mehbooba in an interview during the 1999 elections: "They are bent upon visiting the homes of militants and making them heroes." They are asking for unconditional conversations and sharing money among their families.

'Wait, sir, what is the hurry?' was said to Azad, who was about to become CM.
Mehbooba has been reaching out to the separatists for friendship ever since she entered politics. He was also observed at the terrorists' funeral. She used to cry a lot with the terrorists' families. He was called "Rudali" by the political elite.

But Mehbooba's plan paid off, as the PDP, which was just three years old, was able to gain 16 seats in the 2002 assembly elections. The National Conference, led by Farooq Abdullah, secured the fewest number of seats ever—28. Congress was given twenty seats. The government could not be formed without 44 MLAs.

Taj Mohiuddin, the head of the Democratic Azad Party, stated in an interview that Congressman Ghulam Nabi Azad had made his claim for the position of Chief Minister when it comes to forming the government. To create the government, the PDP and Congress partnered with the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party, and the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed interrupted Ghulam Nabi Azad as he was about to make his claim known to the governor, saying, "Wait, sir, what is the hurry?" Mufti then contacted top Congressmen in Delhi. After a while, Mufti Sayeed was announced as the new chief minister in a call from the Delhi Congress headquarters to Azad.

Mufti Sayeed resigned in 2005 at the request of Congress, an ally, and kept up her support for Ghulam Nabi Azad's administration.
"Daddy's Girl" carries on her father's political heritage
Known as 'Papa's Daughter Party,' PDP has been derided. PM Modi had also announced a father-daughter government during the polls. However, the BJP and PDP struck a deal in March 2015, allowing the BJP to establish the government in Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, was appointed.

But by then, Mufti's condition had gotten worse. He was only able to work two or three hours every day. Rumors circulated at this time that Mehbooba was about to assume command. This was further supported by a declaration made by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in 2015. "I live in the office, and Mehbooba lives among the Kashmiris," he remarked.

On January 7, 2016, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away. PDP severed the coalition following his passing, alleging ideological disagreements. Nonetheless, its endeavors persisted within the BJP. In the end, the BJP and PDP reorganized the government in April 2016. Mehbooba Mufti was sitting in the chief minister's chair this time.

Mehbooba Mufti also encouraged her brother Mufti Tasadduk to enter political politics following the death of her father in 2017. Tassaduq, a cinematographer who has worked on movies including Omkara and Kaminey, was nominated by the PDP to contest the by-election for the parliamentary seat in Anantnag. The Congress had nominated Ghulam Ahmed Mir before him. This was not Tassaduq's election.
The state was governed at this time by Mehbooba Mufti. He established Bhai Tasadduk as an MLC on behalf of his party. He was added to the Jammu and Kashmir cabinet ministry after becoming an MLC. Mehbooba Mufti assigned Tassaduq the responsibility of Minister of Tourism. Tassaduq is currently involved in PDP and Jammu and Kashmir politics, as is her sister.

Known in the valley as 'Daddy's Girl,' Mehbooba Mufti assumed her father's political legacy. Mehbooba was referred to as "Daddy's Girl" by the Jammu and Kashmir administration in the case file against her filed under the Public Safety Act. But following this, the Jammu and Kashmir government came under heavy fire.

Mehbooba's daughter and media advisor, Iltija, had responded, "My mother loved her father," to being referred to as "daddy's girl.". They were the closest to one another and shared an unbreakable friendship. That is why, following his untimely death in 2016, they complied with Mufti Saheb's request. They were unaware that it is illegal to love one's parents.

The fourth episode of the television series "Parivar Raj" airs on April 7; read about the Sheikh Abdullah family of Jammu and Kashmir. How Sheikh led his family into politics: Sheikh was a buddy of Nehru's who was subsequently imprisoned for betraying the nation.

In return for her daughter, the Home Minister freed five terrorists: Stories of the Mufti Mohammad Family; Mehbooba used to mourn at terrorists' funerals