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.
Read MoreSrinagar: Notwithstanding BJP's optimism, PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti today remained ambivalent on progress in talks on government formation, maintaining that she will be on board once she is convinced that she can "fulfill the dreams"
Jammu/New Delhi: A day after its general secretary Ram Madhav held one on one talks with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has expressed optimism that the government formation
Jammu/Srinagar: Has Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti finally decided not to claim power in Jammu and Kashmir and thereby call off the alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) without a formal announcement?
Jammu: After weeks of tough-talk, the PDP today adopted what appeared to be a reconciliatory tone, saying it has not demanded any confidence-building measures (CBMs) from its ally BJP even as it said government formation
Jammu/Srinagar: After saying for over a month that she won't head a PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir unless New Delhi announces confidence building measures (CBMs), PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti seems to have decided to
New Delhi: Talking tough on the issue of government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set a deadline for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti.According to reports, the
Jammu: NC leader Omar Abdullah today lashed out at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti saying that she cannot keep the entire Jammu and Kashmir guessing and must form a new government or be bold enough to
New Delhi: PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti today indirectly hinted that she will not mind charting a separate course from BJP in Jammu and Kashmir if the central government fails to make ‘commitments' that PDP is
Jammu: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti today toughened her stand on the issue of continuing the party's alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state, saying that the central government needed to undertake some confidence-building
Jammu: The PDP and the BJP witnessed hectic political activity here on Tuesday ahead of their presidents meeting with Governor N.N. Vohra later in the day over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.In two separate
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra has told the PDP and BJP that they must clarify by tomorrow evening whether they will form government in the state again.The Governor has also asked Peoples
Srinagar: Uncertainty grew over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir with a tough-talking PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti saying she will take a call after ‘reassessing' whether ally BJP's government at the Centre would take substantive
Jammu: Amid growing confusion over fate of PDP-BJP alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti will hold a meeting with senior PDP functionaries, on Sunday to take a final call on government formation
Jammu/Srinagar: What is holding back PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti from taking oath as Jammu and Kashmir's new chief minister? More and more people are asking this but there seems to be no clear answer.The National
Srinagar: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti, who has maintained suspense over government formation for nearly three weeks, will meet senior party leaders in Srinagar and Jammu over the next one week to seek their views on
Jammu: Even as PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has decided to continue the alliance with the BJP, it is unclear when she will take oath as the next chief minister of troubled Jammu and Kashmir.While ruling
New Delhi: Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to recommend dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for conduct of fresh elections in the state if she is "unable or unwilling"
Srinagar/Jammu: In the first definitive move towards formation of a new government in Jammu and Kashmir after several days of uncertainty, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday authorised its chief Mehbooba Mufti to take
Srinagar/New Delhi: The first signs of efforts to end the nine-day impasse on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir emerged on Saturday with PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti calling a meeting of her party's 'extended core
New Delhi/Srinagar: People's Democratic Party (PDP) has toughened its stand on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir with reports suggesting that the party wants an assurance from the BJP bigwigs that spirit of the agenda
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