Jammu, June 4 -- In a significant political development, former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti met Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday-her first such interaction since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. The meeting, followed by a rare positive statement from her daughter and PDP leader Iltija Mufti regarding the upcoming inauguration of the Kashmir rail link, has sparked a wave of discussion in political circles across Jammu and Kashmir.
While Mehbooba Mufti had long avoided engagement with the administration post-Article 370 revocation and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two Union Territories, her decision to meet the LG marks a notable shift. During the meeting, she submit...