JLKF Former Militant Leader Yasin Malik’s Shocking Claim! ‘Successive Indian Governments, PMs And IB Sanctioned His Engagement With Pakistan’

**Srinagar:**

Jailed Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front’s (JKLF) former militant leader Mohammad Yasin Malik has flaunted his associations with top Indian leaders and claimed that his actions in engaging with Pakistan were initiated by the Intelligence Bureau (IB).

Currently lodged in Tihar jail, Malik submitted an affidavit before the Delhi High Court, stating that this state-sanctioned engagement continued despite successive changes in government.

Situating his trial in the wake of the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, Malik alleged that the move unleashed “fear, intimidation, and arrests of thousands of political leaders, activists, teachers, lawyers, and journalists.”

### Early 1990s: Pressure to Surrender Arms

He recalled that in the early 1990s, he was taken from Mehrauli sub-jail to a bungalow in Maharani Bagh. There, Home Minister Rajesh Pilot, IAS officer Wajahat Habibullah, and senior IB officers pressed him to surrender arms. According to Malik, then Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao ordered efforts to bring him back into democratic politics.

After three years of negotiations, Malik was released in May 1994. He announced a unilateral ceasefire in Srinagar and declared his commitment to a nonviolent democratic struggle.

### Government’s Compliance and Long-standing Truce

Malik says the government followed through by granting bail in all 32 pending TADA cases against him, none of which were pursued further. This truce, he claims, was honoured for 25 years across the tenures of Prime Ministers Rao, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, I.K. Gujral, Manmohan Singh, and even Narendra Modi’s first term.

### Wide-Ranging Contacts

Malik also recounted numerous high-profile contacts over the years. R.K. Mishra, aide to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, once handed him a phone to speak with industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani, who encouraged him by sharing his own struggles.

During the 2000 Ramzan ceasefire, Malik said he met IB Director Shyamal Dutta and National Security Adviser (NSA) Brajesh Mishra, who assured him of Vajpayee’s seriousness in pursuing peace.

Journalist Prem Shankar Jha later hosted a meeting with Dr. Manmohan Singh, Najma Heptullah, and other Congress leaders, where Malik urged the opposition to support Vajpayee’s peace process. The next day, Singh headed a Congress delegation to Vajpayee that publicly endorsed the ceasefire. Sonia Gandhi and other prominent leaders also lent their support.

According to Malik, Manmohan Singh once told him: “I consider you the father of the non-violent movement in Kashmir.”

### International Engagements

Malik said his engagement extended abroad. He recalled meetings with US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca, State Department officials, and a White House briefing with Elisabeth Millard, which he claimed were coordinated with Indian authorities. He added that his foreign trips were made on a passport issued by Vajpayee’s government.

### Controversial Meetings and Allegations

One of the charges leading to Malik’s conviction was a meeting with Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed. Malik claimed this meeting was initiated by IB Special Director V.K. Joshi, who asked him to engage Saeed to strengthen Manmohan Singh’s peace process.

Malik travelled to Pakistan, urged militants to embrace peace, and later debriefed Singh and NSA M.K. Narayanan, who conveyed their gratitude. He insists, however, that the meeting was later “portrayed out of context.”

Equally sensational is Malik’s claim regarding a Pakistani handler named Parvaiz Ahmed. He alleges that IB Director Nehchal Sandhu personally created the Gmail account [email protected] for sensitive Track II diplomacy exchanges. Malik said he urged the trial judge to verify this in the presence of National Investigation Agency (NIA) lawyers, but instead, the email was used against him.

### Dialogue and Breakdown Post-2019

According to Malik, for 25 years, the understanding and dialogue continued — including with RSS leaders and Shankaracharyas. However, after August 2019, cases were reopened and charges framed after 31 years.

“The Indian state gave me a promise that neither I nor my party colleagues’ TADA cases will be followed,” Malik wrote. “This promise was upheld by five prime ministers, including the present prime minister in his first tenure. But after Article 370 abrogation, everything changed.”
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