‘Political paths may differ but challenges faced are shared’: Mehbooba Mufti writes to Omar Abdullah, Opposition leader for support on Private Member Bills

The Bills that the PDP plans to introduce are Jammu and Kashmir (Regularization & Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Public Land) Bill, 2025, seeking right to shelter; The Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Special Provisions for Regularization of Adhoc, Daily Wagers, Need-Based and Other Temporary Workers) Act, 2025 seeking job security and Jammu and Kashmir Prohibition of Alcohol Bill, 2025.

Apart from Abdullah and Sharma, Mufti also wrote to Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone, Communist Party of India (Marxist)’s MY Tarigami, Awami Ittehad Party’s (AIP) Sheikh Khursheed and other independent MLAs, urging them to see these, not as an initiative of one party but as an “essential step to toward addressing public grievances”.

“These Bills seek to address urgent concerns affecting the daily lives of our people and uphold their aspirations,” Mufti said in her letter. “I look forward to your positive response and hope that we can move forward on these core issues together. Our political paths may differ, but the challenges faced by our people are shared, and so must be our resolve to address them.”