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Sheikh Mustafa Kamal is a Kashmiri politician and one of the leaders of the National Conference party in India's state of Jammu and Kashmir. He served in the state cabinets formed in 1983, 1987 and 1996.
Kamal is the son of Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdullah, the brother of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah and the uncle of the former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Criticism of Syed Ali Shah Geelani
Mustafa Kamal accused hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani of being "a double agent" on "the payroll of Pakistan's ISI".
"(Geelani is) a double agent .. A four time MLA who has been drawing pension and has been even on the payroll of ISI, should we consider him fit enough to talk about morality," National Conference Additional General Secretary Mustafa Kamal alleged, referring to Geelani who was an MLA from Sopore constituency before militancy erupted in Jammu and Kashmir.
Kamal claimed that Geelani was taking "dictation" from Pakistan.
"Whenever even a Pakistani clerk comes to India and summons this ex-lawmaker, he rushes to Delhi to take dictation about how to ensure that uncertainty prevails in the state," he said.
Kamal said Geelani has tried to "ignite and incite" people by "hollow slogans and destructive emotionalism".