Mehbooba Mufti will skip INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi today

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti will skip the INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi on Saturday due to the health concerns of her mother.

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti will skip the INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi on Saturday due to the health concerns of her mother.

Mehbooba Mufti has said that since her mother underwent an-eye surgery recently, she won’t be able to attend the INDIA bloc meeting scheduled for Saturday.

INDIA bloc has invited both the National Conference (NC) and the PDP for the meeting. The NC, represented by President Farooq Abdullah, will attend the meeting.

Notably, despite both NC and PDP being allies of the INDIA bloc, the Congress supported the NC candidate, Mian Altaf Ahmad against Mehbooba Mufti in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat election.

Who is Mehbooba Mufti
Mehbooba Mufti became the CM after her father died and held the office from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018. She resigned after alliance partner BJP withdrew its support to the coalition government in the state. She was the first woman CM of the state and the second Muslim woman to hold the CM’s office.