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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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J&K Polls: PDP takes a dig at Omar's move to not contest from Ganderbal

Politics | Nov 13, 2014, 06:08 PM IST

Srinagar: After Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah decided not to contest from Ganderbal assembly seat, Opposition PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, while taking a dig, said the move has already “announced the result of

don t waste your votes by going with national conference

Don't waste your votes by going with National Conference: Mehbooba Mufti

Politics | Nov 10, 2014, 05:32 PM IST

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has appealed to the people of the Chenab valley not to waste their votes by casting them in favour the National Conference which, she claimed,

j k polls clear mandate will make imminent change more

J&K polls: Clear mandate will make imminent change more productive, says PDP

Politics | Nov 07, 2014, 09:11 PM IST

Jammu: Stating that the ruling National Conference and Congress were likely to face its worst ever defeat in the upcoming elections, PDP today hoped for a clear mandate for the party saying it will make

misdeeds of nc cong brought unprecedented crises in j k

Misdeeds of NC-Cong brought unprecedented crises in J-K: Mufti

Politics | Nov 06, 2014, 04:33 PM IST

R S Pura: Charging the NC-Congress coalition government with having “brazenly plundered” the state exchequer, PDP today alleged that it was all due to the “misdeeds” of both the parties that the Jammu and Kashmir

j k polls a direct fight between pdp bjp mehbooba

J&K polls a direct fight between PDP, BJP: Mehbooba

Politics | Nov 06, 2014, 07:37 AM IST

Ramban : Claiming that it was a direct fight between PDP and BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday hit out at the saffron outfit and said it was using "negative

bjp planning to create sectarian divide pdp

BJP planning to create sectarian divide: PDP

Politics | Nov 03, 2014, 08:14 PM IST

Jammu:  Alleging that the BJP won the three Lok Sabha seats recently in Jammu and Kashmir by promoting communal polarisation, the PDP today said it is now planning to trigger “sectarian divide” among Muslims in

omar nominates mehbooba and satyarthi for swachh bharat

Omar nominates Mehbooba and Satyarthi for Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan

Politics | Oct 24, 2014, 04:55 PM IST

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today nominated his political opponent and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and Nobel Peace prize winner Kailash Satyarthi among nine people to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat

mehbooba meets pm wants his personal interest on jk

Mehbooba meets PM, wants his personal interest on JK rebuilding

Politics | Oct 18, 2014, 06:18 PM IST

New Delhi: PDP, the opposition party of Jammu and Kashmir, today requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take personal interest in ensuring that the lives of people of the flood-hit state are rebuilt expeditiously and

mehbooba meets pm wants his personal interest on jk

Mehbooba meets PM, wants his personal interest on JK rebuilding

India | Oct 18, 2014, 04:40 PM IST

New Delhi: PDP, the opposition party of Jammu and Kashmir, today requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take personal interest in ensuring that the lives of people of the flood-hit state are rebuilt expeditiously and

mehbooba mufti urges centre to rebuild health sector in

Mehbooba Mufti urges Centre to rebuild health sector in Jammu & Kashmir

Politics | Oct 15, 2014, 05:59 PM IST

New Delhi: PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti today sought financial help from the Centre to rebuild health sector in Jammu and Kashmir besides a medicine bank and AIIMS-like institutes.In the Consultative Committee of Parliament for the

no indication that bjp serious about resolving kashmir

No indication that BJP serious about resolving Kashmir issue: PDP

Politics | Oct 14, 2014, 07:48 AM IST

Jammu: People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti yesterday said there was no indication that the Narendra Modi Government is serious about its election promise of resolving the problems of Jammu and Kashmir.Addressing a function held

india pak must try peace instead of hostility mehbooba mufti

India, Pak must try peace instead of hostility: Mehbooba Mufti

Politics | Oct 11, 2014, 09:36 PM IST

Jammu: Asking India and Pakistan to try peace instead of hostility, chief of opposition PDP Mehbooba Mufti today appealed the Centre to resume the dialogue process with the neighbouring country.“India and Pakistan must try peace

mehbooba mufti appeals for help for kashmir flood victims

Mehbooba Mufti appeals for help for Kashmir flood victims

India | Sep 09, 2014, 02:22 PM IST

New Delhi: Mehbooba Mufti, leader of Peoples Democratic Party of Jammu & Kashmir has appealed to all state governments, people, NGOs, Industrialists, National Disaster Management Agencies and other crisis related agencies to come foward for

start talks with pakistan mehbooba mufti to centre

Start talks with Pakistan: Mehbooba Mufti to centre

India | Aug 29, 2014, 01:32 PM IST

Jammu: Mehbooba Mufti, president of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir,on Friday appealed the central government to start defence minister level talks with Pakistan.Addressing a media conference here, Mufti said: "The

uproar in lok sabha over israeli attack in gaza strip

Uproar in Lok Sabha over Israeli attack in Gaza Strip

Politics | Jul 15, 2014, 05:42 PM IST

New Delhi: Uproar was witnessed today in the Lok Sabha as several parties got together to demand a resolution to condemn Israeli raids in Gaza Strip but the government did not oblige.Members of Congress, Trinamool

change ground situation for political solution in kashmir

Change ground situation for political solution in Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti

Politics | Jul 15, 2014, 02:24 PM IST

New Delhi: The PDP will contest the forthcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections on its own, says party chief Mehbooba Mufti, while stressing the need of an improved "ground situation", implementing suggestions for "self-rule" and

gaza attacks mehbooba mufti led pdp walks out of lok sabha

Gaza attacks: Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP walks out of Lok Sabha

Politics | Jul 14, 2014, 04:29 PM IST

New Delhi:  Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party today voiced grave concern over killing of "innocent" people, including children, in Gaza following attacks by Israel and staged a walkout in Lok Sabha.As soon as the

omar hits at centre over allotment of iit only to jammu

Omar hits at Centre over allotment of IIT only to Jammu

India | Jul 12, 2014, 07:58 PM IST

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today accused the Centre of “brazenly discriminating” against Kashmir by allotting IIT only to the Jammu region, and alleged that PDP was hand in gloves with the

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Mehbooba Mufti meets Ram Vilas Paswan, informs him about shortage of ration

Politics | Jun 10, 2014, 08:07 PM IST

New Delhi: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti today met Union Food and Civil Supplies minister Ram Vilas Paswan here and asked him to help Jammu and Kashmir tide over the shortage of ration. 

singh s remark on art 370 can divide jk trigger partition

Singh's remark on Art 370 can divide JK, trigger partition: PDP

India | May 28, 2014, 06:24 PM IST

Srinagar: Opposition PDP chief and Anantnag MP Mehbooba Mufti today condemned the statement of Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh, saying it has the potential to divide Jammu and Kashmir on

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