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Mehbooba Mufti

DOB: 22nd May, 1959

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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Former PM Jawaharlal Nehru

'Nehru stood tall among enthusiastic Kashmiris': Mehbooba takes swipe at J-K LG's Tiranga rally

Aug 13, 2023, 02:05 PM IST

Mehbooba Mufti took a swipe at Manoj Sinha over his 'Tiranga' rally and said that former PM Nehru stood among Kashmiris with the national flag while the J-K LG carried out the rally surrounded by a posse of security personnel.

Congress leader P Chidambaram

​Chidambaram questions Mehbooba's 'house arrest', alleges freedom suppressed 'most severely' in J-K

India | Aug 06, 2023, 11:09 AM IST

P Chidambaram questioned the alleged house arrest of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on the anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and claimed that freedom is "most severely" suppressed in Jammu and Kashmir.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu and Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti claims 'house arrest' on fourth anniversary of Art 370 abrogation

Aug 05, 2023, 12:51 PM IST

Mehbooba Mufti claimed that she was put under house arrest on the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. She claimed that several of her party leaders were detained at the police stations.

Mehbooba Mufti

Mehbooba slams BJP over Maharashtra episode, says it will only unify Opposition

India | Jul 03, 2023, 07:07 PM IST

Mehbooba Mufti slammed the BJP over the Maharashtra NCP split episode and said that it will only unify the Opposition.

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Mehbooba Mufti 'reminds' CJI Chandrachud of Article 370, urges for early hearing in SC

India | Jul 01, 2023, 04:25 PM IST

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged CJI Chandrachud for an early hearing on the batch of petitions challenging the revocation of Article 370 from Constitution.

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'J-K was a laboratory for BJP, will undertake Kashmirisation of entire country': Mehbooba Mufti

Politics | Jun 24, 2023, 05:22 PM IST

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday (June 24) said that Jammu and Kashmir, which she had once ruled before being bifurcated into two Union Territories, was a ‘laboratory’ for the BJP and alleged that the party would undertake 'Kashmirisation' of the whole country if comes back to power.

OPINION | PATNA MEET: A STEP TOWARDS A STRONG OPPOSITION?

OPINION | PATNA MEET: A STEP TOWARDS A STRONG OPPOSITION?

India | Jun 24, 2023, 03:36 PM IST

All the leaders who attended the meeting said, Narendra Modi is an autocrat, he has crushed democracy, all parties must unite to save the republic and Constitution.

Mehbooba Mufti

Former J-K CM Mehbooba Mufti gets new passport after three years long legal battle

India | Jun 04, 2023, 12:28 PM IST

After a prolonged legal battle in the Delhi High Court, the passport was delivered to Mehbooba Mufti.

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JK: Mehbooba Mufti joins Kheer Bhawani mela with Kashmiri Pandits; 'Praying for their return'

India | May 28, 2023, 04:49 PM IST

The mela, a symbol of communal harmony, passed off peacefully as the administration had made elaborate arrangements, including security related, for the devotees.

Mehbooba Mufti reacts after NIA seeks death penalty for

'In a democracy like India...': Mehbooba Mufti reacts after NIA seeks death penalty for Yasin Malik

India | May 27, 2023, 04:41 PM IST

Mehbooba Mufti remarks came a day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) called for Yasin Malik, who was given a life sentence by a Delhi court in a terror funding case last year, to be executed.

Mehbooba Mufti

'BJP hijacked it': Mehbooba Mufti on G20 summit in Kashmir | WATCH

India | May 21, 2023, 02:00 PM IST

Under India's presidency, the third G20 Tourism Working Group meeting is scheduled to take place in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir from May 22 to 24.

'Now, BJP won't have courage to 'allow' assembly polls in

'Now, BJP won't have courage to 'allow' assembly polls in J-K' says Omar after K'taka poll results

Elections | May 13, 2023, 04:37 PM IST

Karnataka Election Results 2023: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said there is "no way" the BJP will have the courage to "allow" assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after its performance in the Karnataka polls.

Mehbooba Mufti slams Centre over arrests politicians

'Similar things are happening in India': Mehbooba Mufti on Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan's arrest

India | May 11, 2023, 03:57 PM IST

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister targeted Centre over prevailing situation in Pakistan claiming similar things are happening in our country citing Central agencies' action against some Opposition leaders.

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'Today is black day, BJP want to abolish constitution' Mehbooba Mufti takes a dig at Modi-led govt

India | Apr 20, 2023, 04:31 PM IST

Modi surname defamation case: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti while reacting to the Surat Court's judgment rejecting Rahul Gandhi's plea, slammed the Centre and claimed that BJP wants to abolish the constitution.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti bats for united Opposition Congress

Act like an 'elder brother' & create space for Opposition parties: PDP's Mehbooba Mufti to Congress

India | Mar 29, 2023, 04:10 PM IST

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti bats for united Opposition led by Congress. She asserted Congress should not choke space of other regional parties.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti.

'I'll never fight assembly elections until Article 370 is restored in JK', says Mufti I WATCH

India | Mar 22, 2023, 04:55 PM IST

"Maybe it's very foolish on my part but it's more of an emotional issue," said Mufti.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti

Situation in India no different from Pakistan, alleges Mehbooba Mufti

India | Mar 16, 2023, 06:07 PM IST

The BJP-led central government is misusing the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against the opposition leaders to put them in jails, she said.

People Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti

Who killed Kashmiri Pandit in Pulwama if militancy is over, asks Mehbooba Mufti

India | Feb 27, 2023, 10:00 PM IST

If militancy is over, then who killed him (Kashmiri Pandit)? What is the government doing? I appeal govt to give job to the deceased's wife, said PDP chief Manish Sisodia.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti during a press confernece

'Forget Muslims.. Centre is making BJP rashtra in Jammu-Kashmir': PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti

India | Feb 19, 2023, 08:30 PM IST

During the conference, Mufti raises grave questions about the appointment of lieutenant governor and other top positions in the valley and asserted the Centre of making BJP Rashtra.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti during a press confernece

Srinagar: Mufti defends her father's decision to form coalition with BJP during 2014 polls

India | Feb 18, 2023, 04:45 PM IST

Mufti also upheld her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's decision to join hands with the saffron brigade to form the government in the valley during the 2014 Assembly polls.

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