Srinagar Mar 28 PTI National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Monday thanked Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan for confirming that the then J-K chief minister Farooq Abdullah had opposed the release of terrorists in exchange of Rubaiya Sayeed in 1989Rubaiya Sayeed daughter of the then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was kidnapped by JKLF terrorists on December 8 1989Omar Abdullah a former chief minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state and Union minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government tweeted a clip of a recent television interview of Khan saying Kudos to the governor of Kerala Arif Mohd Khan Sb sets the record straight about what happened in December 1989 during the BJP supported VP Singh government Facts are facts even when they dont support the narrative sought to be created by the BJP and its ecosystem he said in the tweetIn the TV interview clip Khan narrated the incidents of the day when he along with former prime minister I K Gujral who was the external affairs minister in the VP Singh government had visited Abdullahs Gupkar Road residenceto be fair to him Farooq Abdullah he was against the demand of the terrorists to release some terrorists who were in jail I immediately told Mr Farooq AbdullahI told him Farooq Saheb I stand by you and I will go to any extent to support you Khan said in the interviewHe added that he was sidelined thereafter as the message from Delhi was to exert pressure to release the terrorists so that Rubaiya Sayeeds release could be securedRubaiya Sayeed was released five days after being abducted with the government releasing five terrorists - Sheikh Abdul Hameed Ghulam Nabi Butt Noor Mohammed Kalwal Mohammed Altaf and Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar PTI SKL IJT