Former CM of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti re-elected as PDP president

New Delhi: Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti on Monday was re-elected as the president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a period of three years.

Mufti’s name was proposed by senior leaders G N L Hanjura and seconded by Khurshid Alam. “Mehbooba Mufti unanimously re-elected as @jkpdp president for a period of three years. Her name was proposed by senior leaders Mr G N L Hanjura and seconded by Mr Khurshid Alam. Senior leader Mr A R Veeri was the chairman of the party election board,” PDP said in a tweet.

Party's electoral college in Jammu earlier unanimously elected Ms @MehboobaMufti as president of @jkpdp. Senior Leader Mr Surinder Chaudhary was the Returning Officer for the election.

— J&K PDP (@jkpdp) February 22, 2021

Mehbooba has been the PDP president since 2016, after succeeding her father Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, who passed away in January 2016.