Once a dominant force in J&K, the PDP faces an uphill battle in upcoming elections after a poor showing in 2024, struggling against rivals and past alliances. In 2014, the Peoples Democratic Party was the single-largest party in the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and went on to form the government in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A decade later, former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s party is fighting a battle for its survival in its erstwhile bastion of south Kashmir. The party faced a rout in the 2024…
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