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Mehbooba Mufti’s brother quits cell, likely to join Cabinet

Tassaduq Hussain resigned as head of grievance cell, will contest MLC polls

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Decks have been cleared for Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s brother Mufti Tassaduq Hussain to enter into the Legislative Council seemingly paving the way for him to join her sister’s cabinet.

Tassaduq on Friday resigned as the Coordinator of the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister’s Grievance Cell, the post he held since May this year.

“Tassaduq Hussain Mufti today resigned as Coordinator, J&K CM’s Grievance Cell. Tassaduq has submitted his resignation to the Chief Secretary BB Vyas. He was appointed Coordinator, J&K CM’s Grievance Cell in May this year”, said an official spokesman.

Sources said Tassaduq will be nominated as Member of Legislative Council on the seat which fell vacant after the resignation of PDP leader and erstwhile royal Vikramaditya Singh on October 22.  Sources said Tassaduq will eventually be inducted into the cabinet of Mehbooba Mufti from the PDP quota. Insiders said he may be allocated tourism portfolio which is currently held by chief minister Mehbooba Mufti.

Tassaduq had formally joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the first death anniversary of his father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on January 7. Later PDP fielded him from the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat in the May by polls. Election Commission later postponed the polls after violence rocked the first phase of polling in Srinagar Parliamentary seat, which witnessed the historic low turnout.

A trained Cinematographer from US, Tassaduq has earned a name in the Bollywood by the body of his work. He made a debut in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Omkara in 2006 and his camera work received rave reviews. Tassaduq went on to win Zee Cine Award for Best Cinematography and Star Screen Award Best Cinematographer in 2006 for Omkara. Tassaduq teamed up with Bhardwaj again in 2009 for Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra starrer Kaminay, which was received well on the box office.  In fact, sources said late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed wanted Tassaduq to join politics and contest elections in 1996 when he was in the Congress. However, he was then underage and not eligible for contesting polls. Eventually, late Mufti convinced his eldest daughter Mehbooba Mufti to contest assembly polls from home constituency of Bijbhera in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. .

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  • Sources said Tassaduq will be nominated as Member of Legislative Council after the resignation of PDP leader Vikramaditya Singh on October 22.
     
  • Tassaduq had formally joined PDP on January 7
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