Muzaffar Hussain Baig

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Baig was the founding member of Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party led by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and was named as Patron of the party post-Mufti's death in 2016.

Early life

He was born in Wahidna, a small hilly village in Baramulla district of the Kashmir Valley. He received his master's degree from Harvard Law School.

Career

He started his political career in 1996 with the Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference where he held the position of Vice-Chairman. In 2002, he fought the Legislative Assembly election with the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party and won from Baramulla constituency. He was reelected in 2008.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He held the position of Law Minister and Parliamentary Affairs Minister in the state cabinet for the period 2002–2006. Until 2006 he was Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.[3]

He served as Chief Spokesperson for the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party. He also worked in law firms in the United States and New Delhi in India. Baig served as Advocate General of the state of Jammu and Kashmir[4] from 1987 to 1989.

Baig was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2014 from Baramulla.

Due to differences between him and Mehbooba Mufti, that grew after the abrogation of Article 370, It was being allegedly said that Baig joined Sajjad Lone's Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference,[5][6] Peoples Conference disowns senior leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig. Party general secretary Imran Ansari said Baig never joined JKPC.

Electoral performance

Election Constituency Party Result Votes % Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote % Ref
2024 Baramulla Template:Party name with color Lost 8.54% Javid Hassan Baig Template:Party name with color 32.75% [7]
2008 Baramulla Template:Party name with color Won 53.46% Nazir Hussain Khan Template:Party name with color 31.29% [8]
2002 Baramulla Template:Party name with color Won 38.62% Ghulam Nabi Kachru Template:Party name with color 22.52% [9]
1983 Baramulla Template:Party name with color Lost 18.97% Sheik Mohammed Maqbool Template:Party name with color 36.05% [10]

Awards

In 2020, Baig was conferred the Padma Bhushan award, the third-highest civilian honor of India.[4][11]

References

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