Mehbooba Mufti, president of the Peoples Democratic Party, took the oath as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. A leader with grassroots-level popularity, Mehbooba Mufti turned Peoples Democratic Party into a regional force and emerged from the shadow of her illustrious father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to head Jammu and Kashmir, the first woman Chief Minister of the state.
- A law graduate, 56-year-old Ms. Mufti took a plunge into mainstream politics of the state in 1996 by joining Congress, along with her father, at a time when militancy was at its peak.
- Heading a PDP-BJP government formed with an alliance between two idealogical extremes, Ms. Mufti faces a challenging task ahead as she will strive to carry forward her father’s ’healing touch’ legacy.
- J & K slipped into the governor’s rule immediately after sitting Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed’s demise on January 7.
- The PDP-BJP stalemate ended only after a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ms. Mufti on March 23.
State elections in December 2014 gave no party a majority in the 70 member J&K assembly. The PDP had won 28 seats and the BJP 25.
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