“BJP making attempts to keep me out of Parliament”: Mehbooba Mufti
She said the PDP became the “biggest target” after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 and its leaders were either “lured or blackmailed” to break away from it
Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was re-elected for the sixth consecutive term as the President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday.
A party spokesman said Mehbooba’s re-election was unanimous. She was re-elected following a meeting, in Jammu, of the PDP political affairs committee (PAC).
The party was founded by late Mufti Muhammad Sayeed after parting ways with Congress in 1999.
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When Sayeed became the Chief Minister in November 2002, he handed over the party’s mantle to his daughter, who was named party president in 2003 succeeded her father, as the first woman chief minister in J-K after his death
Reacting to her re-election as party chief, Mehbooba said that she was “Thankful to the party in reposing their trust and electing me as their President. Will work tirelessly to fulfil our shared vision of development, inclusiveness and reconciliation in J&K”.
Thankful to the party in reposing their trust and electing me as their President. Will work tirelessly to fulfil our shared vision of development, inclusiveness and reconciliation in J&K.
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) December 2, 2017
National Conference leader, Omar Abdullah, congratulated Mufti on Twitter saying that “we may not agree on much these days but I wish you well”.
Congratulations to @MehboobaMufti on being re-elected as President of @jkpdp. We may not agree on much these days but I wish you well.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) December 2, 2017
In 1996, Mehbooba won her first Assembly election on Congress ticket from Bijbehara seat in the Anantnag district of south Kashmir.
(With agency inputs)
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