Mehbooba Mufti
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Early life
She earned her law degree from the University of Kashmir.[3]
When elections for the state assembly were held in 1996, Mehbooba became one of the most popular members elected from Bijbehara on an Indian National Congress ticket. Her father had at that time returned to the Congress, which he had left in 1987, angry at the alliance that party had formed with its traditional rival in the state, the National Conference. Mehbooba quickly made a mark as the leader of the opposition in the assembly, taking on the government of then chief minister Farooq Abdullah with asperity.
Her sister Rubaiya was famously kidnapped when their father was appointed India's Home Minister in 1989, and released after a few days.
Political career
Mehbooba is one of the few female politicians from Kashmir who is recognized across all India. When Mufti split from the Indian National Congress to form the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party in 1999, many thought she would be the party president. She deferred to her father's experience, however, and became party vice-president. She resigned her assembly seat and went on to contest the parliamentary elections in 1999 from Srinagar, where she lost to the sitting member Omar Abdullah but won the Pahalgam seat in the state assembly from south Kashmir, defeating Rafi Ahmed Mir, when assembly elections were held again in 2002. She has been elected to the Lok Sabha from Anantnag seat in 2004 and 2014.[citation needed]
References
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- Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
- State Assembly hall security remove opposition People's Democratic Party
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Anantnag 2004–2009 |
Succeeded by Mirza Mehboob Beg |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Anantnag 2014–present |
Incumbent |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Leader of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party in the 16th Lok Sabha 2014–present |
Incumbent |
| GE 2014 |
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{{Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Designate}}
- ↑ http://www.whereincity.com/india/lok-sabha/members/ms-mehbooba-mufti.php
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- ↑ http://myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=4146
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