The Dharma Chronicle

Farooq Abdullah was the Chief Minister from November 7, 1986 to January 18, 1990. It was this period which saw Kashmir rise in Islamic extremism. In February 1986, massive communal attacks occurred in South Kashmir. Muslim mobs plundered or destroyed the properties and temples of Kashmiri Pandits. Ghulam Mohammad Shah, the brother-in-law of Farooq Abdullah, was the Chief Minister then. He failed to curb the violence. His government was dismissed in March 1986 by the then Governor Jagmohan. It was reported that Mufti Sayeed, then a Congress leader, had instigated the violence as he was keen to be the Chief Minister and replace Shah . Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister then who later gave Mufti Sayeed a seat in the Rajya Sabha and also made him a Union Minister. In November 1986, after months of hectic parleys, Rajiv Gandhi and Farooq Abdullah signed an accord and the latter was reinstated as the Chief Minister. It was this period that saw the build up to...

Jagmohan Malhotra was the governor of the state twice, from April 26, 1984, to July 11, 1989, and then from January 19, 1990, to May 26, 1990. Both his tenures had a deep impact on Kashmir’s political and security scenario. Malicious political propaganda is getting disseminated that exodus of Kashmiri Hindus started when "BJP man" Jagmohan was governor and BJP was in power at Center. Let's find out the truth  KP exodus started in 1989 itself, when Rajiv was PM. Farooq Abdullah was CM. VP Singh, Minister in Rajiv's cabinet became PM on 02 December 1989, when Rajiv lost the election due to Bofors scandal. BJP supported him from outside, but did not join govt. In less than two months, on 18 Jan 1990, Abdullah quit as CM. As if on cue, the very next day, posters appeared all over the Valley asking Hindus to leave. Calls were simultaneously made from mosques asking them to 'Convert, leave or die'. The killings began and they flee...