Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 8: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad today visited the graveyard in Dara Shikoh garden, Brijbehara in Anantnag to pay tributes to Chief Minister Late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
Mr Azad was accompanied by PCC chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir, vice president Ghulam Mohammad Saroori-MLA, CPI (M) leader M Y Tarigami-MLA, PDF president Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen, Congress MLAs Mohammad Amin Bhat, Gulzar Ahmed Wani and others.
The leaders offered prayer (Fateha) at the grave of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and prayed for eternal peace to his soul.
While paying floral tributes Mr Azad described Late Mufti Sayeed as a self-respecting, seasoned and thinking politician. Azad said Mr Sayeed relentlessly strived for the equitable development of all the regions of the State and envisioned a unified, inclusive, pluralistic and progressive J&K and a strong India.
His qualities of head and heart, warmth and concern for others won him friends from across the political spectrum and made him dear to one and all, without any distinction of caste, colour and creed.
PCC chief G A Mir while paying tribute to Mufti Mohammad Sayeed described him a leader of the voiceless. He loved striving and struggling for their welfare, their dignity and their progress. “Late Mufti Saheb was passionate about politics as a tool of reform, change and just representation and was repulsed by the pursuit of power for petty ends. He never hesitated to call a spade a spade, chose the hardest paths when he could have chosen easier ones and remained committed to his people till his last breath,” Mir maintained.
Paying tributes to Late Sayeed, Mr Saroori recollected Mufti’s historic contributions towards the people of the State as a seasoned politician, a passionate social activist who believed in standing up for the honor of his people. “The contribution of the Mufti family towards the socio-political empowerment of people of Jammu and Kashmir has been tremendous. He was an unwavering voice of reason and enlightenment,” Saroori said.
CPI (M) leader M Y Tarigami, PDF chief Hakeem Mohd Yaseen also paid tributes to Late Mufti Sayeed and recalled his contributions.
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