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: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today criticised ruling PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on the issue of invoking of Public Safety Act (PSA) on Hurriyat Conference leader Masarat Alam."Where is Mehbooba Mufti? The person I'm
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti has said that with the number of terrorists waning in the valley, army should now "redefine its role" and jawans should be sent back
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New Delhi: Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti has defended the release of separatist Masarat Alam and said that there was "nothing wrong" in it.Grilled by India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat
Srinagar: Ruling PDP President Mehbooba Mufti today strongly condemned the killing of teenager Suhail Ahmad Sofi in security forces firing at Narbal, saying it is a matter of grave concern that Standard Operation Procedure (SOP)
Srinagar: Expressing anguish over the killing of a youth in army operation in Tral area of Pulwama, ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti today said it is a highly unfortunate and tragic incident
New Delhi/Srinagar: Speculations are rife that J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter Mehbooba Mufti could also be a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet which is to be expanded soon. While the PM is
Srinagar: Ruling PDP today hailed the role played by civil and police administration in dealing with flood-like situation in Jammu and Kashmir and assured people that the coalition government will initiate both short and long-term
New Delhi: Hit by differences, Jammu and Kashmir's ruling alliance partners BJP and PDP would soon announce a coordination committee to ensure better coordination in the government and that the government there works in consonance
New Delhi: Mehbooba Mufti, senior PDP leader and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter, justified the release of separatist leader Masarat Alam by saying if Afzal Guru can be hanged on Supreme
Kanpur: Amidst the commotion of release of a separatist leader Masrat Alam by J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and subsequent widening of rift between BJP and PDP, for the first time a statement has
New Delhi: Article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, “cannot be touched” and people do not get swayed by slogans anymore, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti asserted today, days after her party's coalition
Jammu: With the newly sworn-in Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's statement crediting “people from across the border” for conduct of Assembly polls triggering a controversy, his daughter and PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti
New Delhi: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is set to sworn in as Jammu & Kashmir chief minister on March 1 as BJP and PDP finalized the details of coalition government. PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti and BJP
New Delhi: A PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, is likely to be sworn in on March 1 with the two parties sorting out all issues, including differences over
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Board has given its nod to party's Jammu and Kashmir unit to forge an alliance with PDP to provide a ‘stable' government to the people of border
New Delhi: A PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, is likely to be sworn-in on March one with the two parties sorting out all issues, including differences over AFSPA
New Delhi: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is likely to meet BJP chief Amit Shah today in Delhi to finalise the common minimum programme between the two parties needed for formation of a ‘stable' government in
Srinagar: After giving a green signal for alliance with BJP to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP is yet to take another big decision – whether to join National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at
New Delhi: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti, who has been in the national capital since last weekend, today met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as her party and BJP try to narrow differences over a Common Minimum
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