Mehbooba set to become first woman CM of Jammu & Kashmir

Elected as leader of PDP Legislative Party

AMN /

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti was unanimously elected as the leader Legislative Party at a crucial meeting in Srinagar Thursday evening. With this election, Mehbooba is set to be the first woman chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

The meeting held at her official residence in Srinagar, was attended by all the legislators, core group members and other party leaders. This has formally paved way for Mehbooba Mufti to be the first woman chief minister of the new PDP-BJP coalition govt in J&K.

After meeting Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday in New Delhi, Mehbooba had described the meeting as very positive. BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav had called upon PDP to take next step towards government formation.

State governor has called presidents of both the parties for separate meetings in Jammu on Friday.

Meanwhile former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today accused PDP President Mehbooba Mufti of showing indecisive and wavering leadership on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.

“If the last two months are a precursor and an indication of the next more than four years to come – God save our state for such indecisive, wavering leadership,” he wrote on his Facebook page.

Omar said for over two months, the state has witnessed a roller-coaster performance of political posturing from PDP underlined by a display of indecisive leadership.

“After the demise of late Mufti (Mohammad Sayeed) Sahib, Mehbooba Mufti declared her unwillingness to take over the reins of power unless BJP and the central government announced certain confidence building measures (CBMs),” he said.