Mehbooba Mufti
Mehbooba Mufti Sayed | |
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Anantnag | |
In office 16 May 2004 – 16 May 2009 | |
Preceded by | Ali Muhammad Naik |
Succeeded by | Mirza Mehboob Beg |
Vice-chair of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration | |
In office 20 October 2020 – 27 March 2024 | |
Chair | Farooq Abdullah |
Preceded by | Position established |
Personal details | |
Born | Bijbehara, Jammu and Kashmir, India | 22 May 1959
Political party | Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |
Spouse | Javed Iqbal Shah[1] |
Children | 2 |
Parent |
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Alma mater | University of Kashmir |
Mehbooba Mufti Sayed (born 22 May 1959) is an Indian politician of the PDP, who served as the 9th
Mufti was the
Mufti was the president of the PDP and was a member of the Indian parliament, representing
Early life
She is the daughter of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Gulshan Ara,[6] born in 1959 in Akhran Nowpora, J&K, India. She graduated in English literature from Government College for Women in Jammu,[7] and has a law degree from the University of Kashmir.[8][9] Post 1989, she shifted to N. Delhi and joined the Bombay Mercantile Bank, after which she worked with East West Airlines, before moving back to J&K. Her ex-husband is a political analyst, an animal-rights activist, and was briefly with National Conference party.[1] She has two daughters, Iltija and Irtiqa.[10]
Political career
When elections for the state assembly were held in 1996, Mehbooba became one of the most popular members elected from
She resigned her assembly seat and went on to contest the parliamentary elections in 1999 from
After her father's death in January 2016, when he was heading the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, she took forward the same alliance with
On 25 June 2016, she won an Assembly seat in a by-election in Anantnag with the highest margin in any recent elections there and thereafter focussed on settling of Rohingyas.[17]
On 19 June 2018, she resigned as chief minister of Kashmir.
She again contested 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Anantnag seat but lost it to Hasnain Masoodi of National Conference.[20]
Detention
On 5 August 2019, she was detained by the Central government.[2] Her daughter Iltija Mufti took over her mother's Twitter account on the 46th day of detention.[21] In November, Iltija Mufti wrote a letter to the Srinagar Deputy Commissioner to shift her mother to a place better equipped for the valley's winter.[22]
In February 2020 she was further detained under the Jammu and Kashmir
25 Nov 2020, Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti was detained by Jammu and Kashmir Police and was not allowed to visit South Kashmir's Pulwama to meet the family of senior PDP leader Waheed Parra, who was arrested by the National Investigating Agency earlier that week.[citation needed]
Mufti said that her daughter Iltija Mufti has also been placed under house arrest.[25][26]
See also
- Mehbooba Mufti ministry (2016–2018)
References
- ^ a b "Insider tears into Muftis and family party". Telegraph India. 2 March 2016.
- ^ a b Haq, Shuja-ul; Wani, Ashraf (15 November 2019). "After daughter's appeal, Mehbooba Mufti shifted to warmer location in Srinagar". India Today. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Mehbooba is J-K's first woman CM and India's 16th". Hindustan Times. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ Masoodi, Nazir and Tikku, Aloke (19 June 2018). "Dumped By BJP, Mehbooba Mufti Says Muscular Policy Won't Work In Kashmir". ndtv.com.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mufti, Mehbooba (1 March 2019). "Why is GoI so uncomfortable with Jamaat e Islami?..." Twitter. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ Gulshan Ara hugs her daughter Mehbooba Mufti after the oath ceremony at Raj Bhawan in Jammu on Monday. -Excelsior/Rakesh – Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. Dailyexcelsior.com. Retrieved on 28 August 2019.
- ^ Raina, Anil (11 April 2016). "The queen of the valley". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ Mehbooba Mufti (JKPDP):Constituency – Anantnag (Jammu & Kashmir) – Affidavit Information of Candidate. Myneta.info. Retrieved on 28 August 2019.
- ^ Waldman, Amy (12 October 2002). "A new face signals political change in embattled Kashmir". The New York Times.
- ^ "Mehbooba Mufti: Profile, Husband and Family". ipious.blogspot.in.
- ^ a b "Mehbooba Mufti: Age, Biography, Education, Husband, Caste, Net Worth & More". www.oneindia.com. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "The life and career of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed". India Today. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Desk, Express Web (2 December 2017). "Mehbooba Mufti re-elected as PDP's chief unopposed for sixth term in a row". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Mehbooba Mufti sworn in as Jammu & Kashmir's first woman chief minister. Times of India (3 April 2016)
- ^ Mehbooba Mufti takes over Jammu & Kashmir reins. Indianexpress.com (4 April 2016). Retrieved on 2019-08-28.
- ^ Mehbooba Mufti To Take Oath As Chief Minister. Ndtv.com (31 March 2016). Retrieved on 2019-08-28.
- ^ Mehbooba Mufti wins Anantnag by elections by 12 thousand votes. Jagran.com (25 June 2016). Retrieved on 2019-08-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g Fareed, Rifat (19 June 2018). "Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti resigns after BJP withdraws support". al Jazeera.
- ^ a b c Jha, Prashant; Uttam, Kumar (21 June 2018). "Why BJP pulled the plug on PDP: Rainbow alliances are short lived, says Ram Madhav". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "Mehbooba Mufti". CNBCTV18. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Mehbooba Mufti's Daughter Takes Over Her Twitter Account". NDTV. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Shift my mother to place equipped for winter: Mehbooba Mufti's daughter". India Today. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Some Words Used In Mehbooba Mufti Dossier Were Avoidable: J&K Top Cop". NDTV. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- Indian Express. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Mehbooba Mufti Alleges Detained Again, Daughter Under House Arrest".
- ^ "Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti, daughter allegedly put under house arrest". 27 November 2020.
External links
- Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
- State Assembly hall security remove opposition People's Democratic Party
- Jolly, Asit (15 May 2017). "Mehbooba Mufti under Siege. Can She Stem the Rot?". India Today. pp. 30–38. ("Buffeted by Insurgency and Dissent within Her Party, She Needs All the Help She Can Get from a Reluctant Centre.") indiatoday.intoday.on 4 May 2017