Jammu_and_Kashmir_Peoples_Democratic_Party

Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party

Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party

Political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India

The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a state political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[6] The PDP was headed and founded by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. His daughter, Mehbooba Mufti, succeeded him as party leader and as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir following his death in January 2016. The party is a member of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration electoral alliance. The party is also a member of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance since its founding on 18 June 2023.[7]

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The PDP was founded in 1999 by the former Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed.[8][9][10] It captured power in Jammu and Kashmir in October 2002 Assembly elections. In 2004, it had one member each in the Lok Sabha and in the Rajya Sabha. It was a member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance until the 2009 general election.[11]

Sayeed headed the PDP-Indian National Congress Coalition Government between October 2002 and November 2005, and he was the party's Patron until his death on 7 January 2016.[12] The PDP is now headed by Mehbooba Mufti, Sayeed's daughter.[13]

The PDP operates on the ideology of self-rule, as distinctly different from the issues of autonomy. It believes that self-rule as a political philosophy, as opposed to autonomy, ensures the empowerment of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, while further engaging in debates over new political territoriality of Jammu and Kashmir.[14]

In the 2014 general election, three of its members were elected to the Lok Sabha. Its strength in the Legislative Assembly is 28 and in the Rajya Sabha is two.[15] The party ran a Coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir with the Bharatiya Janata Party[5] until the BJP abandoned the coalition on June 19, 2018, due to concerns about terrorism and radicalization in Kashmir.[16]

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References

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    "JKPDP Srinagar Office". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
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    "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
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    Hussain, Aijaz (1 March 2015). "Hindu nationalist party forms coalition government in Kashmir". The Associated Press. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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    "Picking the name INDIA for alliance, Opposition parties frame 2024 battle as BJP vs the country". The Hindu. 18 July 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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    "Official Website of Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (J&K PDP)". Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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    Mukhtar, Ahmad (28 July 1999). "Mufti floats new regional party in Kashmir". Rediff.com. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
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    "JKPDP History". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014.
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    "United Progressive Alliance: Partners in governance". Times of India.
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    "JKPDP Patron". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014.
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    "JKPDP Office Bearers". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
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    "Self Rule Framework". JKPDP.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014.
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    "Rajya Sabha Polls in Jammu and Kashmir: PDP Wins Two".
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    "BJP quits government in Jammu and Kashmir, ends alliance with PDP". The News Minute. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  17. [17]
    Election Commission 2014.

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