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Mehbooba Mufti

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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Mehbooba Mufti spent nearly Rs 82 lakh on bedsheets, furniture, TVs in 6 months as J&K CM

India | Jan 05, 2021, 05:26 PM IST

Mehbooba Mufti spent nearly Rs 82 lakh in six months from January to June 2018 on the refurbishment of her official residence in Srinagar's Gupkar Road, when she was the Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti

Probe agencies carrying out 'audit' of my father's grave: Mehbooba Mufti

India | Jan 03, 2021, 03:38 PM IST

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said it is mortifying that the probe agencies are running an "audit" on the mausoleum of her father Mufti Mohammed Sayeed.

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'It's Gunda Raj', tweets Mehbooba Mufti claiming PDP leaders detained ahead of DDC poll counting

Politics | Dec 21, 2020, 11:28 PM IST

The PDP on Monday claimed its three senior leaders were detained on Monday, a day before the counting of votes in the District Development Council (DDC) polls.

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Mehbooba Mufti alleges being detained at her residence

India | Dec 08, 2020, 01:20 PM IST

Mufti said she wanted to meet with the families evicted from Central Kashmir's Budgam district, but was stopped by the police and security forces deployed outside her residence.

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PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti claims she is 'illegally' detained again

India | Nov 27, 2020, 05:02 PM IST

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has claimed that the Jammu and Kashmir administration has once again detained her. Mufti said that she was denied permission to Pulwama.

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Exclusive: J&K LG Manoj Sinha on security situation, Mehbooba & Farooq's remarks, land laws and more

India | Nov 21, 2020, 06:25 PM IST

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha in an exclusive conversation with India TV spoke about the security situation after the armed forces foiled a possible terror plot when four Pakistan-based terrorists were neutralised in a security operation. India TV spoke to Manoj Sinha on various aspects of the political situation in the state and other issues.

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Fadnavis attacks Congress for 'becoming part of' Gupkar alliance

India | Nov 18, 2020, 08:49 PM IST

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday criticised the Congress for `becoming part' of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Gupkar Alliance speaking Pakistan's language on Article 370 removal: BJP

India | Nov 20, 2020, 11:43 AM IST

Targeting the tie-up of the Jammu and Kashmir parties, known as 'Gupkar Alliance', Sambit Patra described it as "unholy", saying that it is aimed at opposing the implementation of laws duly passed by Indian Parliament.

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3 PDP leaders, who quit party last month, join Congress

Politics | Nov 09, 2020, 05:10 PM IST

Weeks after resigning from the Mehbooba Mufti's Peoples Democratic Party, all three leaders joined the Congress party on Monday.

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Jammu and Kashmir youth don't have option than to pick up arms: Mehbooba Mufti

India | Nov 09, 2020, 02:36 PM IST

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said that the Modi government needs to pursue the Vajpayee doctrine. She said that youth in Jammu and Kashmir are feeling disenchanted.

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Mehbooba's actions hurt patriotic sentiments: 3 PDP leaders resign from party

India | Oct 26, 2020, 06:28 PM IST

Days after PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti's remarks over the Indian flag and Article 370, three leaders quit the party on Monday.

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Three BJP workers detained for trying to hoist Tricolour at Srinagar's Lal Chowk

India | Oct 26, 2020, 01:18 PM IST

The BJP workers reached the Lal Chowk in Srinagar to hoist Tricolour. The BJP workers said that they wanted to send a message to the People's Alliance for Gupkar declaration that only the Tricolour will be unfurled in Kashmir.

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Mehbooba Mufti disrespecting Indian flag; Article 370 won't be restored: Prasad

India | Oct 24, 2020, 07:51 PM IST

The BJP on Saturday accused PDP president Mehbooba Mufti of "disrespecting" the Indian flag and asserted that the revocation of Article 370 was done constitutionally and that it will not be restored. 

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Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti named chairman, vice-chairperson of Gupkar alliance

India | Nov 20, 2020, 11:49 AM IST

National Conference's Farooq Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti have been elected as chairman and vice-chairperson of the newly formed Peoples' Alliance of seven mainstream parties of Jammu and Kashmir for the restoration of Article 370.

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Will unfurl tricolour only when allowed to raise 'J&K flag': Mehbooba Mufti

India | Oct 23, 2020, 06:26 PM IST

Talking to reporters in Srinagar, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said that she won't raise any other flag (tricolour) until the state flag was allowed to be hoisted. 

Mehbooba Mufti says Farooq Abdullah's grilling 'political

'Political vendetta': Mehbooba Mufti reacts to Farooq Abdullah's grilling

India | Oct 19, 2020, 02:53 PM IST

The Enforcement Directorate earlier today questioned Farooq Abdullah in connection with a money-laundering probe in a case related to the alleged embezzlement of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association funds.

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Farooq Abdullah announces alliance with Mehbooba Mufti, others for Article 370 restoration

India | Oct 15, 2020, 07:36 PM IST

In August last year, the Centre scrapped Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it into two Union territories.

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Farooq, Omar meet PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti day after her release

India | Oct 14, 2020, 05:06 PM IST

Mehbooba Mufti was released on Tuesday night as the Jammu and Kashmir administration revoked the Public Safety Act (PSA) charges against her.

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In first appearance post release, Mehbooba Mufti seen chairing meeting with party leaders

India | Oct 14, 2020, 12:24 PM IST

In her first appearance post release from a 14-month detention, Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday chaired a meeting with the party leaders.

Mehbooba Mufti says will continue struggle for restoration

Mehbooba Mufti says will continue struggle for restoration of Art 370, resolution of Kashmir issue

India | Oct 14, 2020, 10:34 AM IST

​Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, who was released from detention after over an year, said that she would continue her struggle for the restoration of Article 370 and the resolution of the Kashmir issue. She termed the Centre's decision of August 5 as a "daylight robbery".  

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