Mehbooba Mufti is an Indian politician and former chief minister of Indian Occupied Kashmir (4th April 2016-19th June 2018). Mehbooba is the first woman chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and India's second Muslim woman chief minister after Syeda Anwara Taimur of Assam. She is the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mehbooba suppoted the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2016 but however she resigned on 19th June,2018 after BJP withdrew support from the coalition government. Mehbooba Mufti was a member of Indian parliament representing Anantnag in the 16th Lok Sabha. She had also represented Anantnag in the 14th Lok Sabha. Her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was appointed as India's home minister in 1989 and was released after a few days in exchange for some terrorists. In 1996 state assembly elections, Mehbooba Mufti was one of the popular elected members from Bijbehra on INC ticket. Mehbooba Mufti contested in the parliamentary elections in 1999 from Srinagar and she lost to the sitting member Omar Abdullah. She won her Pahalgam seat from South Kashmir, when assembly elections were held again in 2002.
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The brutal lynching of the Deputy Superintendent of Police by an angry mob outside Jamia Masjid in Srinagar’s Nowhatta area has drawn strong condemnation from politicians across party lines
“Dialogue has always been part of our agenda and manifesto, whether it was in 2002 or today. Several wars have been fought but the issue has not been resolved.
Addressing a gathering at Doda after laying the foundation stone of a Medical College there, she said the basic idea behind stitching an alliance in the state was to get it out of its perennial miseries and challenges.
A delegation of peace activists led by senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar today called on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and separatist leaders.
Mehbooba Mufti today was forced to leave a women's self-help group function following hooting and sloganeering.
JD(U) leader K C Tyagi said that the BJP had no right to question Nitish Kumar’s alliance with Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal.
On being asked about the student protests across the Valley, Mehbooba said the students should focus on their education and leave the bigger issues to the elders.
Hizbul Mujahideen militant Mussa, in a video message yesterday, had threatened to kill separatist leadership for terming Kashmir a political issue instead of Islamic struggle.
Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi today met Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and held extensive discussions on the security situation.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today asked the national media to desist from portraying all Kashmiri youth as stone-pelters and not to show discussions that develop hatred against the people of the state.
Mufti also said that nobody will be allowed to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the state and that who take the law into their own hands will be dealt with appropriately.
The central government has reportedly asked the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to scale down the rhetoric on stone pelting and focus on proper redressal of civic and power failure issues to connect with the people of the state.
J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti today discussed the worsening security situation in the Valley with top brass of army, police and other agencies.
Kashmir is in the grip of increased violence since the April 9 by-poll for the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. The security forces are under intense pressure as they are faced with almost daily protests and stone-pelting, especially by students.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that talks cannot be initiated in the state amid stone-pelting and bullets.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today met Prime minister Narendra Modi amid deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked all Chief Ministers to stay in touch with the Kashmiri youth in their states and take care of their interests.
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