Mehbooba Mufti
Saeed is one of the most prolific and talented woman politicians of India. She
is currently the President of ruling J n K
Peoples’ Democratic Party. After the unfortunate death of Mufti Mohammed Saeed, She had become the Chief Minister in alliance with the BJP. The shocking alliance remained in force for way longer than what was expected. Interestingly, She will remain the last CM of Jammu and Kashmir STATE. She may again become CM of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, though, in future.
Profile of Mehbooba Mufti Saeed
Mehbooba was
born on 22nd May, 1959 in Anantnag. She belonged to a rich Kashmiri
Saeed family. She was always a very intelligent girl. She was the topper of her
school and later got Law Degree from the University of Kashmir. Her father was
a prominent leader of Congress and Mehbooba had little to do with politics.
The name of
Mehbooba became famous during the infamous kidnapping of her younger sister
Rubiya Saeed. At that time, Mufti Saeed was the Junior Home Minister to the
Government of India led by V P Singh. After hectic drama, five hard core terrorists were
released in exchange of Rubiya. Mehbooba became quite famous at that time
because she was giving lots of interviews to various media personalities.
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| Mufti with Rubia and Mehbooba when she was released by JKLF terrorists |
However, she remained aloof to politics even then.
It was only in
1996 that Mehbooba became proactively involved in the politics. Her father had
again joined Congress and she was given a ticket to fight Assembly election
from Bijbehara. She won comfortably. Three years later, Mufti Mohammed Saeed
again quit Congress and this time he went to the extent of forming his own
party – PDP. Mehbooba was made the Vice President of the party and since then
there is no looking back for her as far as politics is concerned. She is a
major obstacle to Omar Abdullah in the state politics.
Family of Mehbooba Mufti Saeed
The world is
aware of Mehbooba Mufti sister Rubia Saeed because of that infamous kidnapping.
She has another sister, who is not so famous. Her name is Mehmooda. Apart from
them, she is a brother named Mufti Tasaduq. He is completely not interest in
politics. Currently Tasaduq is working as Cinematographer in the Bollywood and
Hollywood. Tasaduq’s work was quite appreciated in Vishal Bhardwaj film Onkara
and Kaminey.
The mother of
Mehbooba Mufti is Gulshan Ara. In fact, along with Mehbooba, Gulshan had also
fought the 1996 election. However, Gulshan had lost that election.
Husband of Mehbooba Mufti
It is quite disheartening to learn
that Mehbooba Mufti doesn’t enjoy a successful personal life. In fact, she is a
divorcee. She has two daughters named – Iitija
and Irtiqa. The elder daughter works in London at the Indian High
Commission while the younger daughter is involved in the film industry like her
uncle.
Her husband's name is Jave Iqbal. He is the cousin of
Late Mufti Mohammed Saeed. In fact, it was Mufti Mohammed Saheb who had
persuaded Mehbooba to get married with his cousin - Mehbooba's uncle. The
marriage couldn't go long and because of some internal issues, Mehbooba and
Javed divorced. Currently, Javed is fierce rival of Mufti family. In fact, he
doesn't want to see his two daughters. He had joined Abdullah's National
Conference and unsuccessfully fought election in 2008.
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