Reluctant EntrantUnlike his father’s other children, Dr Kamal was not an obvious inheritor of the family’s political weight. His elder brother, Dr Farooq Abdullah, was long positioned as Sheikh Abdullah’s political successor. Dr Kamal did not follow his brother-in-law’s breakaway faction, which eventually became the Awami National Conference, now reduced to a letterhead. By my estimate, Dr Kamal may have facilitated the recruitment of nearly 20,000 people during his career through this daily-wager route.” Outspoken Voice“He was perhaps the most colourless and understated of the Sheikh family,” remarked another officer who knew him closely.