Safina Baig Likely to Join National Conference | Kashmir Life

SRINAGAR: Former Baramulla District Development Council (DDC) Chairperson Safina Baig is likely to join the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC), with sources indicating that discussions between her and the party leadership have gained momentum in recent weeks.

Sources familiar with the development said that Baig, a prominent political figure in north Kashmir, has held several meetings with senior NC leaders and is expected to formally join the party in the coming days.

A lawyer by profession and former Chairperson of the Jammu and Kashmir Haj Committee, Baig has remained politically active in north Kashmir and enjoys considerable influence across several areas of Baramulla district.

She won the Baramulla DDC election as an independent candidate and subsequently served as the council’s Chairperson. In the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, she contested as an independent candidate from the Wagoora-Kreeri constituency.

When contacted, Baig said a decision would be taken soon.

Her potential entry into the National Conference is being viewed as politically significant, given her influence in north Kashmir and her independent political support base in the region.

Baig is the wife of veteran politician Muzaffar Hussain Beig, a former Deputy Chief Minister who has played a prominent role in Jammu and Kashmir politics over the past two decades. (KNS)