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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has named Iltija Mufti, daughter of party president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, as the constituency in-charge for the Bijbehara assembly seat in Jammu and Kashmir, paving way for her electoral debut.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The party nominated constituency incharges for eight assembly segments \u2013 seven in south Kashmir including Bijbehara and Chrar-e-Shareef in central Kashmir’s Budgam on August 19, a day ahead of notification for the first phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir scheduled on September 18 is issued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Bijbehara is the assembly constituency from where Iltija’s mother Mehbooba Mufti had also made her electoral debut in 1996. The seat is considered a stronghold of the Mufti family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Reports suggested that Mehbooba Mufti, who is busy attending her ailing mother, is unlikely to contest the assembly polls. In that case, her daughter Iltija,37, will be the party’s face in South Kashmir.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Jammu and Kashmir is all set to hold its first Assembly elections in a decade to elect a government after over six years of Central rule.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n