In Anantnag Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who later founded the PDP, was the elected representative at the time.

[5] In early 1986, Gul Shah announced the construction of a masjid inside the location of an ancient Hindu Temple in the Jammu Civil Secretariat.

[6] After the Indian government allowed the Babri Masjid (the location of the present Ram Mandir, the temple believed to be the birthplace of the deity Rama) to be opened for Hindu worship, protests erupted.

[7] Hindu temples were burned down and destroyed in towns including Vanpoh, Anantnag, Sopore, Luk Bawan, Salar (Pahalgam Tehsil), Fatehpur, and Akura.

[5] These developments led to a large number of Kashmiri Hindus shifting to places including Udhampur and Jammu.