Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who is also the PDP president, faces a contest from seven candidates, including five Independents, in the byelection to south Kashmir’s Anantnag Assembly seat which will be her party’s first major test of popularity since forging an alliance with the BJP. The bypoll for Anantnag, the Assembly seat formerly represented by Mehbooba’s father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed which became vacant following his death in January this year, is scheduled to take place on June 22. The date for withdrawal of candidature closed on Saturday, leaving eight candidates…
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