Hyderabad, April 10 -- Mehbooba Mufti's plunge into LokSabha polls fromAnantnag- Rajouriconstituencyhas made the electoral battle far more challenging than it wasanticipated. It willredefine Kashmir politics irrespective of the ultimate outcome on June 4, when results will be out.

She has enteredthe electoral contest, first since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, both as a victim ofanti-Kashmircampaign which she attributes to her former ally-BJP as alsothat of the "unilateral" decision ofNational Conferenceto contest all threeLok Sabha seats in the Valleywithout taking PDP, which is part of INDI alliance and also that of now shattered PAGD. She believes that she has been pushed to wall by National Conference leadership - Faro...