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Beigh, Bukhari to support Mehbooba as CM, BJP says it will go by PDP’s choice

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Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders Muzaffar Hussain Beigh and Altaf Bukhari on Thursday left for Raj Bhavan to hand over a letter of support to Governor backing Mehbooba Mufti as the next chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. A senior PDP leader said that the leaders will meet the governor NN Vohra and apprise him about the nomination of Mehbooba as their leader after the demise of Mufti Muhammad Sayeed. Both the PDP and BJP are understood to have decided on the nomination of Mehbooba as the next chief…

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Beigh, Karra abstain from PDP meet

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Signalling differences, two senior MPs of ruling PDP stayed away from the party’s review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed with one of them accusing the leadership of “muzzling” the voice of dissent within the party. Lok Sabha MP from prestigious Srinagar Constituency Tariq Hameed Karra and member Parliament from Baramulla seat Muzaffar Hussain Beigh, both former state finance ministers, abstained from the PDP meeting convened yesterday to review the performance of the party ministers in the state’s coalition government. “What is the point of attending a meeting…

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