The "insiders" featured in this series are no ordinary people: they have held key positions of power and have been in involved in policy and decision making processes. In 1999, India came under attack. First in May of that year, a mix of mujahideen and Pakistani army regulars took over strategic positions in our side of the LOC in Kargil in an attempt to block the only road to Leh from Srinagar at the time. Then later on Christmas Eve, an Indian Airlines plane (IC-814) was hijacked by armed Pakistani terrorists who forced it to make its way to Kandahar in Afghanistan. Both situations were extremely tense and captured the imagination of the whole nation and world and the Vajpayee-led Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) had to make some tough decisions in order to avoid loss of territory and life. Also, it let go three terrorists who were in jail in J&K against the wishes of the then CM, Farooq Abdullah. Learn about what happened then in this episode.
This episode features the following insiders:
- Brajesh Mishra (Former National Security Advisor to the PM & Principle Secy + Member of the CCS)
- Yashwant Sinha (Former Finance Minister + Member of the CCS)
- Farooq Abdullah (Former CM of J&K)
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