Have you forgotten Mufti Syed Ahmed to save his daughter (who is currently an MLA in J&K) also released few terrorist. At that time I think Gujral was in power. When a judge pronounce death sentence to a murderer judge is not committing a crime. In the same way, at the given situation, that was the best judgement by NDA government but what Mufti did was for self-interest.
In Kandarkar an IA flight with passengers was hijacked and to save the lives of innocent passenger a dreaded terrorist was released. It is not the achievement of the terrorist organisation but a cowardly act of them. Have sense in evaluation or just keep shut. Dont write nonsense as empty space is available.