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Download Times Now India's Election HQ - Real time election coverage at your fingertips. Android: http://bit.ly/1iwcRBr iOS: http://bit.ly/1iPt1sf Windows: http://bit.ly/1jQ4SBi Nokia: Available on the Nokia X store Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed, daughter of former Home minister of India and Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, is the president of the Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. She was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, representing the Anantnag constituency of Jammu and Kashmir, from where she plans to run for re-election in the 16th Lok Sabha elections. After earning her law degree from the University of Kashmir, she remained uninvolved in public life during the late 1980s while bringing up two infant daughters, Iltija and Irtiqa. She later went on to pursue an independent political career. When elections for the state assembly were held in 1996, Mehbooba became one of the most popular members - elected from Bijbehara on an Indian National Congress ticket. Her father had at that time returned to the Congress, which he had left in 1987, angry at the alliance that party had formed with its traditional rival in the state, the National Conference. Mehbooba quickly made a mark as the leader of the opposition in the assembly, taking on the government of then chief minister Farooq Abdullah. Mehbooba is the only female politician from Kashmir who is recognized across the country. So high was her public profile that, when Mufti split from the Indian National Congress to form the Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party in 1999, many thought she would be the party president. She deferred to her father's experience, however, and became party vice-president. She resigned her assembly seat and went on to contest the parliamentary elections in 1999 from Srinagar, where she lost to the sitting member Omar Abdullah but won the Pahalgam seat in the state assembly from south Kashmir, defeating Rafi Ahmed Mir, when assembly elections were held again in 2002. She was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2004 and was a prominent member of the ruling Congress Party-led coalition. Mehbooba is well known for her pro-people stance. She has been the most strongest leader of opposition in the country. She has cornered the government on various issues of public importance. Mahbooba is very popular among the youth, she strongly advocated social security and employment oppertunity to the youth when the present J&K; government failed to address the concerns of the youth. TIMES NOW Correspondent Mir Fareed travels with Mehbooba Mufti through out a day discovers how Mehbooba plans to live up to her father's legacy and help the people of her state. Social Media Links :- Facebook - http://goo.gl/CC7rGc G+ - http://goo.gl/O1iEp5 Twitter - http://goo.gl/uHYsqP Also visit our website - http://goo.gl/XPUXe8 ​​​ To Stay Updated Download the Times Now App :- Android Google Play : https://goo.gl/zJhWjC Apple App Store : https://goo.gl/d7QBQZ