Abbreviation JKPDP Rajya Sabha leader Nazir Ahmad Laway National convener mohd umar sakhi Founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | Secretary-General Nizamu Din Bhat ECI Status State Party Leader Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed Founded 1999 | |
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Student wing Peoples Democratic Student Union Headquarters 2, Circuit House, Emporium Lane, Residency Road, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India Ideology Self-rule in Jammu and Kashmir Alliance National Democratic Alliance (2015-present), United Progressive Alliance (2002-2008) | ||
2 months after polls bjp and pdp announce coalition in jammu and kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP or PDP) is a state political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India. 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.
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- 2 months after polls bjp and pdp announce coalition in jammu and kashmir
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History
The PDP was founded in 1998 by the former Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. 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.
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. The PDP is now headed by Mehbooba Mufti, Sayeed's daughter.
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.
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. The party is currently running a Coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir with the Bharatiya Janata Party.