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Mehbooba Mufti

Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir serving since 4th April 2016. She is the current president of Jammu and Kashmirs Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and daughter of PDP founder and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufi Mohammad Sayeed. She is the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and second Muslim woman Chief Minister of India after Syeda Anwara Taimur of Assam. She is currently a member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing Anantnag constituency. She is one of the few female politicians who is recognized across all India. After the split from the Indian National Congress in 1999 and formation of Jammu and Kashmirs People Democratic Party, many expected Mehbooba Mufti to be the party president. However she deferred to the experience of her father, her father became the party president whereas she became the vice president of the party. Born on 22nd May 1959 in Bijbehara town of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti has earned her law degree from the University of Kashmir. His father was Indias Home Minister in 1989 when Mehboobas sister Rubaiya Sayeed was abducted and later released in exchange for three dreaded terrorists in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Mehboobas first step in politics was in the year 1996, when she contested the 1996 Assembly elections from the Congress party and won the election from the Bijbehara constituency. After the split from the Congress party and formation of PDP in 1999, she became the vice president of the party and her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed became the party president. In 1999 parliamentary elections, she lost to Omar Abdullah but gained praises as a fierce leader of the opposition. However, she won again in 2002, from the Pahalgam seat in the state assembly from South Kashmir and she defeated Rafi Ahmed Mir. In 2004, she was elected for the Lok Sabha representing the Anantnag seat and won the same seat again in 2014 general elections defeating Mirz Mehbooba Beg by a margin of 44,735 votes. After the 2015 assembly elections of Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP and PDP reached an agreement to form a government in the state and Mufti Mohammad Sayeed took over as the Chief Minister of the state. After the demise of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in January 2016, Mehbooba Mufti became the president of PDP and she also founded the same alliance with the BJP and they formed the government for the second time and she became the first woman Chief Minister of the state on 4th April 2016. She won an assembly seat in the by-election on 25th June 2016 and she won the Anantnag seat.In the 2015 assembly elections, Mehbooba Mufti raised the issues of Unemployment, favoritism and rampart corruption with regard to Omar Abdullah government and she gained considerable support from the people of Jammu and Kashmir. During the flood in the state, she whole heartedly welcomed Prime Minister Modis decision to celebrate the festival of Diwali with flood affected people of the state and also opposed the then ruling Omar Abdullah government for the mismanagement of the situation erupted after floods. She was one of the first leaders of the state who tried to draw the attention of the Prime Minister with a memorandum towards the alleged mishandling of the post flood situation and demanded Rupees 44,000 crore from the Centre for the relief and rehabilitation measures.

Pak's Nuclear Arsenal is Not For Eid Either: Mehbooba Mufti Fires at PM
India.com News Desk | April 22, 2019 3:36 PM IST
New Delhi: PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday traded bar...
Pak's Nuclear Arsenal is Not For Eid Either: Mehbooba Mufti Fires at PM
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These Guys Were Your Allies: Omar Schools Mehbooba on PDP-BJP Past After She Speaks Against Sadhvi
India.com News Desk | April 18, 2019 2:56 PM IST
New Delhi: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti came to full blows ...
These Guys Were Your Allies: Omar Schools Mehbooba on PDP-BJP Past After She Speaks Against Sadhvi
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2019-04-18T03:56:09+00:00
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Mufti Slams Baba Ramdev For Claiming Islamic, Christian Countries Trying to Stop PM's Return to Power
India.com News Desk | April 18, 2019 10:26 AM IST
New Delhi: Former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has come down heavily on Yoga guru Baba Ramd...
Mufti Slams Baba Ramdev For Claiming Islamic, Christian Countries Trying to Stop PM's Return to Power
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2019-04-17T23:26:27+00:00
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Even Militants Deserve Dignity After Death, Mehbooba Mufti Says Armed Forces Use Chemicals in Encounters
India.com News Desk | April 17, 2019 10:12 PM IST
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said that "the armed ...
Even Militants Deserve Dignity After Death, Mehbooba Mufti Says Armed Forces Use Chemicals in Encounters
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2019-04-17T11:12:47+00:00
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Jammu&Kashmir: Stones Pelted at Mehbooba Mufti's Motorcade in Anantnag
PTI Feeds | April 15, 2019 2:23 PM IST
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's motorcade came under stone-pelting in Anantnag district of ...
Jammu&Kashmir: Stones Pelted at Mehbooba Mufti's Motorcade in Anantnag
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2019-04-15T03:23:33+00:00
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BJP With Its Noxious Agenda of Banishing Muslims, Wants to Divide India: Mufti
PTI | April 14, 2019 8:41 PM IST
The BJP, with its "noxious agenda" of "banishing" Muslims and minorities wants to "divide" the count...
BJP With Its Noxious Agenda of Banishing Muslims, Wants to Divide India: Mufti
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2019-04-14T09:41:29+00:00
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Abdullahs, Muftis Can Abuse Modi But Won't be Able to Divide Nation, Says PM in Kathua
India.com News Desk | April 14, 2019 1:54 PM IST
Kathua: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched an all out attack at the families of former ...
Abdullahs, Muftis Can Abuse Modi But Won't be Able to Divide Nation, Says PM in Kathua
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2019-04-14T02:54:58+00:00
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Using Such Language For Votes Not Right: Mehbooba on Shah's NRC Statement to Keep All Infiltrators Out
India.com News Desk | April 12, 2019 10:43 PM IST
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJ...
Using Such Language For Votes Not Right: Mehbooba on Shah's NRC Statement to Keep All Infiltrators Out
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2019-04-12T11:43:52+00:00
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My Father Held 'Jinn in Bottle' by Aligning With BJP: Mehbooba Mufti
IANS | April 10, 2019 10:28 PM IST
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti...
My Father Held 'Jinn in Bottle' by Aligning With BJP: Mehbooba Mufti
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2019-04-10T11:28:58+00:00
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Hope Modi Starts Dialogue With Pakistan if He's Re-Elected: Mehbooba Mufti
PTI | April 10, 2019 9:04 PM IST
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said that like Pakistan premier Imran Khan she too is hopi...
Hope Modi Starts Dialogue With Pakistan if He's Re-Elected: Mehbooba Mufti
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2019-04-10T10:04:07+00:00
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Happy to be Blocked by 'Callous Individual', Says Gautam Gambhir After Spat With Mehbooba
India.com News Desk | April 9, 2019 10:40 PM IST
New Delhi: Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Me...
Happy to be Blocked by 'Callous Individual', Says Gautam Gambhir After Spat With Mehbooba
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2019-04-09T11:40:22+00:00
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Don't Play With Fire: Mehbooba, Farooq Warn BJP Over 'Sankalp' to Annul Article 370
India.com News Desk | April 8, 2019 7:02 PM IST
New Delhi: With the BJP releasing its election manifesto 'Sankalpit Bhatar Sashakt Bharat' on Monday...
Don't Play With Fire: Mehbooba, Farooq Warn BJP Over 'Sankalp' to Annul Article 370
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2019-04-08T08:02:20+00:00
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This is What we Have Been Reduced to: Omar Abdullah on J-K Highway Ban
India.com News Desk | April 7, 2019 5:57 PM IST
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah slammed the Centre's new diktat of ...
This is What we Have Been Reduced to: Omar Abdullah on J-K Highway Ban
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2019-04-07T06:57:50+00:00
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Mehbooba Mufti Says LS Polls Will Give People Chance to Safeguard J&K's Interest
PTI | April 5, 2019 10:10 PM IST
People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the Lok Sabha elections give a c...
Mehbooba Mufti Says LS Polls Will Give People Chance to Safeguard J&K's Interest
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2019-04-05T11:10:32+00:00
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Mehbooba Mufti, Hasnain Masoodi File Nominations From Anantnag Seat
PTI | April 3, 2019 5:46 PM IST
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference candidate Justice (retd) Hasnain Masoodi Wednes...
Mehbooba Mufti, Hasnain Masoodi File Nominations From Anantnag Seat
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2019-04-03T06:46:49+00:00
2019-04-03T06:46:49+00:00
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Mehbooba Mufti Slams Arun Jaitley For His 'Separatist Psyche' Comment
PTI | April 3, 2019 5:25 PM IST
A 'new India' where those who kill and lynch in the name of religion are feted and garlanded is "una...
Mehbooba Mufti Slams Arun Jaitley For His 'Separatist Psyche' Comment
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2019-04-03T06:25:24+00:00
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J&K's Relation Will End With India in 2020 if Terms And Conditions of Its Accession Altered: Mehbooba Mufti
India.com News Desk | April 3, 2019 4:26 PM IST
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, who filed her nomination papers from Anantnag for upcoming L...
J&K's Relation Will End With India in 2020 if Terms And Conditions of Its Accession Altered: Mehbooba Mufti
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2019-04-03T05:26:53+00:00
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Badge of Honour if Standing up For my People Makes me Separatist: Mehbooba Responds to Jaitley
India.com News Desk | April 3, 2019 9:23 AM IST
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on W...
Badge of Honour if Standing up For my People Makes me Separatist: Mehbooba Responds to Jaitley
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2019-04-02T22:23:42+00:00
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LS Polls 2019: Congress Fields JKPCC President Ghulam Ahmed Mir Against PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti in Anantnag
India.com News Desk | March 31, 2019 9:15 PM IST
New Delhi: The Congress party on Sunday released a list of one candidate each, from Kerala and Jammu...
LS Polls 2019: Congress Fields JKPCC President Ghulam Ahmed Mir Against PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti in Anantnag
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2019-03-31T10:15:33+00:00
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It Will be India And Jammu & Kashmir if Article 370 is Scrapped: Mufti
IANS | March 30, 2019 9:44 PM IST
Article 370 of the Constitution is a bridge between Jammu and Kashmir and India and if it goes, peop...
It Will be India And Jammu & Kashmir if Article 370 is Scrapped: Mufti
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2019-03-30T10:44:19+00:00
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