Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s daughter inherits a legacy built on consensus and

Yet, every right-meaning Indian must be praying Mehbooba Mufti proves her detractors wrong as she is set to take charge of the state following her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s death. A genial person, he would meet with the government officers and speak to us about Jammu and Kashmir politics. The Beg -Parthasarathy agreement, as it was then known, ushered Sheikh Abdullah back as the chief minister and Indira Gandhi brought Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as a minister in the Central Government.

In the past 16 years, PDP has emerged as the strongest party in the state – it bagged 28 seats (out of 87) in last elections.

Meanwhile, the chief minister on the behalf of the government and the people of Nagaland mourned the death of “a great Statesman” and prayed to the Almighty to grant solace and comfort to the bereaved family members at this hour of sorrow and grief. V. P. Singh made Mufti the home minister. During his short tenure he was successful in persuading the hardline BJP Prime Minister Narendra Modi to award a big financial package for the development of basic amenities in Kashmir that the desperately poor Kashmirs badly need.

Under the J&K constitution, the governor can assume the reins of the state for six months in case of a constitutional crisis whereas President’s rule is imposed in other states in the country.

The only time Sayeed was beaten in the game was in 2005 when his three-year chief ministerial term as part of coalition arrangement with the Congress was ending in Jammu & Kashmir.

She is known to take a more pro-Kashmiri stance than her father and the BJP on the most contentious issues, but the coalition is expected to last. She is now the president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Besides the CM’s spouse and also Mehbooba Mufti some additional family unit members and Gulshan Nazir Ara, National Confer- and mature Congress chief Ghulam Nabi Azad supported your body within the IAF aircraft.

Sources said preparations are being for swearing-in ceremony likely to be held later…

The daughter, who has been his shadow for decades, will now play the role he had always wanted her to.