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 MoreJ-K Demolition Drive: The PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Jammu and Kashmir Demolition Drive said that the central government is harassing the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
The authorities of J&K have retrieved more than 10 lakh kanals (one kanal 605 sq yards) of land across Jammu and Kashmir so far.
Mehbooba Mufti slammed the BJP saying that the party weaponised their brute majority to bulldoze constitution of the country. She said that they have weaponised media to crush the voice of dissent and the judiciary as well.
Former J&K CMs Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti invoked Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary while praising Rahul Gandhi for the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Speaking about the yatra, PDP president Mufti said the Bharat Jodo Yatra was like a 'breath of fresh air' in Kashmir as it allowed people to come out of their homes in numbers for the first time since 2019.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Congress said that it has invited several leaders of non-BJP parties, including Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati and RLD's Jayant Chaudhary, to take part in the Uttar Pradesh leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra from January 3.
Mehbooba Mufti news: Bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad today allowed the withdrawal of plea after noting down the submission of Mufti's lawyer that the client has wished to withdraw the present petition.
Earlier PDP president Mehbooba Mufti was asked to vacate her Srinagar residence.
Mehbooba Mufti said she will consult her legal team on the notice received by her. She further said she does not own a place where she can stay.
J&K militant's death: Imran Bashir Ganai was arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of two labourers at Harmain in Shopian district in the early hours of Tuesday.
Mehbooba Mufti took to Twitter and put out pictures of the alleged locking of the door of the main gate of her house.
Mehbooba Mufti said the Kashmiri Pandit employees need to be safeguarded and relocated outside the valley till the security situation improves.
1989 kidnapping case: Rubaiya Sayeed was abducted by Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front militants on December 8, 1989.
Jammu & Kashmir: Scores of PDP activists assembled at the party headquarters in Gandhi Nagar and took out a protest rally towards the office of Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar who had recently announced anyone living ordinarily in J&K can get enlisted in the union territory as a voter.
Mehbooba Mufti today said, "GOI wants to push the plight of Kashmiri pandits under the rug because its their callous policies."
Jammu and Kashmir is likely to get around 25 lakh additional voters, including outsiders, after the special summary revision of electoral rolls being held for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370.
J-K BJP leader Ravinder Raina hit back at Mufti saying that the PDP chief is "frustrated" seeing massive support for Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav in the Valley.
The photograph was taken at a rally addressed by the prime minister during his Kashmir visit in November 2015 when Mufti Sayeed was chief minister of the erstwhile state.
1989 kidnapping case: In her statement, Rubaiya Sayeed identified four accused including Yasin Malik, informed Monica Kohli, CBI lawyer.
Mehbooba Mufti said that she wanted to visit Budgam to express solidarity with Kashmiri Pandits but she was not allowed to leave her Srinagar residence.
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