Ruling PDP president Ms MehboobaMufti is set to be the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, succeeding her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who passed away on Thursday. The party MLAs unanimously electing her as their leader and writing to Governor N N Vohra in this regard.
A party delegation met the Governor at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar and handed over the letter which says that the PDP legislators back the 56-year-old Ms Mehbooba to take over as the 13th Chief Minister of the state, a senior PDP leader said.
He said the selection of Ms. Mehbooba, a Lok Sabha member, as the leader of 28-member PDP Legislature party was a unanimous decision.
Ms. Mehbooba is currently member of Lok Sabha, representing Anantnag Constituency of Kashmir.
The BJP, the junior coalition partner which has 25 members in the 87-member Assembly, made it clear it will go with the PDP’s choice.
The PDP however did not specify the date or time for her swearing-in.
