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: BJP-PDP deadlock over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir seems to be getting resolved now as both the parties are narrowing down their differences on the two major issues of Article 370 and AFSPA.
Srinagar: The government formation in Jammu and Kashmir is facing some last minute hiccups after the Peoples Democratic Party demands partial revocation of Armed Forces' Special Powers' Act.BJP and PDP were set to form the
Jammu: Soon after her re-election as the PDP president for a tenure of three years, Mehbooba Mufti today said the party does not have a mandate to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir on
New Delhi: The core group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Jammu and Kashmir unit is slated to meet today to discuss the common minimum programme before the alliance with PDP for forming a new govt
Jammu: The BJP on Thursday said that it was committed to forming a stable government in Jammu and Kashmir and said talks on sewing up a coalition with the PDP were set to begin.Bharatiya Janata
New Delhi: A day after PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti claimed to have support of over 55 MLAs, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to submit a formal proposal on government formation to Jammu
Jammu: Invoking Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi, the PDP today appeared to be giving clear signals that it may not be averse to discussions on government formation with BJP, which welcomed the gesture.Mehbooba Mufti,
New Delhi: With positive signs emerging from PDP over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP today said it is awaiting the formal initiation of dialogue with it. The BJP reacted after PDP leader Mehbooba
Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti today claimed to have support of over 55 MLAs in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly which witnessed a fractured mandate in the recently concluded assembly polls.Mufti, after
Srinagar: A week after the Jammu and Kashmir delivered a fractured mandate, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti will today meet Governor NN Vohra to discuss the ‘possibilities' of government-formation.Vohra had on Friday invited
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti will meet Governor N N Vohra over the issue of government formation in the state, even as her father and party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed continued consultations within
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti will meet Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra tomorrow for discussing government-formation in the state following a hung verdict in the recently concluded assembly polls."The meeting of
Srinagar: In a major twist to the ‘political economics' in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Conference (NC) has claimed that it had offered ‘unconditional' support to Mehbooba Mufti-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to form a
Jammu: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday said it was confident of forming the next government in Jammu and Kashmir on its own and would not align with the Bharatiya Janata Party.Reacting to some media
New Delhi: Mehbooba Mufti-led People's Democratic Party is going to emerge as the single largest party in Jammu & Kashmir, while the BJP may become the second largest party, says the India TV-CVoter exit poll,
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti has made a bizarre statement by blaming the media coverage of high voter turnout in Kashmir valley for the terrorist attack on an army camp
Srinagar: Expressing satisfaction over high voter turnout in the second phase of Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today said trends indicate that the mission to bring about a change in
Srinagar: Dismissing Narendra Modi's criticism of dynastic politics and corruption in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti today said it was “election rhetoric” and exposed the Prime Minister's ignorance about the state.The sharp reaction
Bhaderwah (JK): It is famous as “mini Kashmir” for its resemblance to scenic beauty of the Valley, but mountain-locked Bhaderwah lacks development and basic tourism infrastructure which people allege is due to the “discrimination” meted
Srinagar: The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday accused Omar Abdullah-led National Conference government of losing the regional character and being reduced to a "mere tool of fragmentation of votes" in the state of Jammu and
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