Mehbooba Mufti Sayed is an Indian politician and leader of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP),who served as the 9th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018. She was the first female chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. After the revocation of Article 370 of the constitution in August 2019,Mufti was detained without any charges at first and later under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.
The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a state political party in Jammu and Kashmir,India. The PDP was headed and founded by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. His daughter,Mehbooba Mufti,succeeded him as party leader and as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir following his death in January 2016. The party is a member of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration electoral alliance. The party is also a member of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance since its founding on 18 June 2023.
Asiya Andrabi is a Kashmiri separatist and founding leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat. This group is part of the separatist organisation All Parties Hurriyat Conference in the Kashmir valley. Government of India has declared it as a "banned organization". The organisation claims that it aims for the freedom of Kashmir from India.
Tanvir Sadiq is the Chief Spokesperson of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and Advisor to the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah.
Sajad Gani Lone is an Indian politician,and former Member of the Legislative Assembly elected from the Handwara constituency. He is the chairman of Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference.
On 26 May 2008,the government of India and the state Government of Jammu and Kashmir reached an agreement to transfer 99 acres (0.40 km2) of forest land to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) in the main Kashmir Valley to set up temporary shelters and facilities for Hindu pilgrims to Amarnath Temple. This caused a controversy,with demonstrations from the Kashmir valley against the land transfer and protests from the Jammu region supporting it. The largest demonstration saw more than 500,000 protesters at a single rally,among the largest in Kashmir's history.
Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held over seven days in November and December 2008. The previous government led by the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) in coalition with the Indian National Congress (INC) collapsed when the PDP withdrew. Following the election,the Jammu &Kashmir National Conference (NC) agreed on a coalition with Congress and their leader,Omar Abdullah became the state's youngest-ever Chief Minister at 38.
Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is the Convenor and Spokesperson of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration.
The State flag of Jammu and Kashmir was a symbol used in the former Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir between 1952 and 2019,under the special status accorded to the region by Article 370 of the Constitution of India. It was a red-and-white flag with a representation of a plough and three constituent regions of the state. After the abolition of Article 370 in August 2019,this flag lost its official status.
Shabir Ahmad Shah popularly known as Shabir Shah,in Kadipora,Anantnag,Kashmir is the founder and president of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP),one of the main separatist political organizations seeking "right of self-determination" to Jammu and Kashmir.
Elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India to elect the representatives of various bodies at national,state and district levels including the 114 seat unicameral Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Parliament of India. The first elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir took place between 28 November and 19 December 2020 in the form of by-elections to District Development Councils and municipal and panchayat level bodies. A fresh delimitation process for assembly constituencies began in February–March 2020.
Masarat Alam Bhat is a Kashmiri Islamist activist and Political separatist leader of Jammu and Kashmir. He is currently serving as the chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Muslim League,and also serves as the interim chairman of Geelani faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference.
Qasim Faktoo is a Kashmiri separatist and militant,serving life imprisonment for the murder of Hriday Nath Wanchoo. He had been among the earliest cadres of Hizbul Mujahideen.
A by-election was held in the Lok Sabha constituency of Srinagar on 9 April 2017 with repolling in 38 polling on 13 April. It was triggered by the resignation of Tariq Hameed Karra after his defection from Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party to the Indian National Congress.
Kamran Yusuf,also known as Kamran Yousuf is a Kashmiri multimedia journalist. As of 2022,Kamran is a staffer at NewsClick. He also works as a freelance multimedia journalist for various international organisations. In 2017,he was booked under UAPA and lodged at Tihar Jail. Many national as well as international organisations including Committee to Protect Journalists,the International Federation of Journalists,Amnesty International and more issued statements for his immediate release. He got bail after six months and was discharged from all the charges on 16 March 2022 by Delhi court.
Aga Syed Mohsin Al Mosvi is a cleric,political leader,and a member of the esteemed Aga family of Budgam. He is the son of the late Shia religious scholar Aga Syed Mustafa Moosavi,and the brother of the late Aga Syed Hussain and Aga Syed Mehdi.
A District Development Council is a form of elected local government in Jammu and Kashmir facilitated by the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act,1989 and created under Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Rule,1996 of the constitution of India. They are primarily aimed at electing the members from the rural and urban areas for the District Planning Committee and the councils themselves with fourteen members from each district for speedy development and economic upliftment.
Mohit Bhan is an Indian politician and currently serves as the spokesperson of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party and was nominated as the General Secretaey (Organisation) of party's youth wing by Youth Wing President Waheed Para in 2022. He had joined PDP in July 2019 in the presence of Mehbooba Mufti.
Legislative Assembly elections are speculated to be held in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in 2024 to elect 90 members of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Legally,the election shall be held no later than 30 September 2024.
Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi is an Indian politician of Jammu &Kashmir National Conference (JKNC)from Jammu and Kashmir and member of the Indian Parliament who represents the constituency of Srinagar,Jammu &Kashmir. He is a well known Shia cleric succeeding his father Aga syed Mehdi,an ex-MLA Budgam as well as a former cabinet minister. In July 2020,he resigned from the post of chief spokesman of NC.
