SRINAGAR — Former Baramulla District Development Council (DDC) Chairperson Safina Baig is likely to join the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC), with sources saying that discussions between her and the party leadership have progressed in recent weeks.
Sources familiar with the development told the news agency KNS that Baig, a prominent political figure in north Kashmir, has held multiple meetings with senior NC leaders and is expected to formally join the party in the coming days.
Baig, a lawyer by profession and former chairperson of the Jammu and Kashmir Haj Committee, has remained politically active in north Kashmir and enjoys influence in several areas of Baramulla district.
She had won the Baramulla DDC election as an independent candidate and later 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 by the news agency, Baig said a decision would be taken soon.
Her possible entry into NC is being viewed as politically significant, given her presence in north Kashmir and her independent political base in the region.
Baig is the wife of veteran politician Muzaffar Hussain Beigh, a former deputy chief minister, who has played a key role in Jammu and Kashmir politics over the past two decades.
