Mehbooba Mufti re-elected PDP president

In Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was re-elected as the president of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday.

“Ms. Mufti was unanimously re-elected as J&K PDP president for a period of three years. Her name was proposed by senior leader G.N.L Hanjura and seconded by Khurshid Alam,” PDP spokesman Suhail Bukhari said.

PDP senior leader A.R. Veeri was the chairman of the party election board.

Ms. Mufti, who was jailed in 2019 and continues to face a tough political situation post August 5, has been the party president since 2016.

The party’s zonal and district level leaders, former legislators and ex-ministers participated in the polling. The electoral college both from Kashmir and Jammu provinces voted to elect the party president.

Ms. Mufti’s three-year term ended in October last year “but the fresh elections were delayed due to the pandemic”.