Congress Party during the Amarnath land transfer controversy, placing the state under direct rule of the central government for a few months prior to the 2008 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections. Chairman of Indo-Palestine Friendship Society Bhim Singh after forging a friendship with Yasser Arafat on his world travels, on his return to India became chairman of the Indo-Palestine Friendship Society. The society under his leadership, has campaigned strongly for the sovereign recognition of the Palestine state. Bhim Singh has also been highly critical of the formation of the state of Israel, stating that "Israel was created in violation of UN Charter... to exploit and subjugate the Arabs," and referred to its presence in the Middle East as "illegal occupation." In 1970, Bhim Singh's book An examination of documents on which the State of Israel is based, was published by the PLO research center. In 2000, the Indo-Palestine society staged a hunger strike protest in front of the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, demanding that Israel withdraw from Palestine, and adhere to UN resolutions. Palestinian ambassador, Adli Sadeq in 2010 at a conference organized by Indo-Palestine Friendship Society, had criticized the government of India, for issuing a weak statement in regards to the killing of nine activists by Israel in the Gaza flotilla raid. In 2015, Bhim Singh criticized the Indian media and prime minister Narendra Modi, for their silence in regards to the unfriendly treatment and embarrassment suffered by the president of India, Pranab Mukherjee at an Israeli airport. Israeli authorities had barred the Indian president, from taking four satellite systems intended as gifts for the Palestinian Al-Aqsa University in Ramallah, which Bhim Singh believed to be an insult to India as well as Palestine. Bhim Singh v. State of Jammu and Kashmir, 1985 On 17 August 1985 Bhim Singh was suspended from the opening of the budget session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly that was scheduled for 11 September. He subsequently challenged the suspension in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. After his suspension was stayed by High Court on 9 September, Bhim Singh left Jammu for Srinagar to attend the Legislative Assembly session. En route at 3:00 am on 10 September, he was intercepted by the police at Qazi Kund, 70 km from Srinagar. He was taken away by the police and kept prisoner at an undisclosed location. After attempts to locate him proved