Tassaduq Hussain Mufti: Blood is, ultimately, thicker than water

In most Indian political families, the son is taken as heir to the father’s political legacy. In the case of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader and chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, the late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, it was not so.  It was daughter Mehbooba Mufti who plunged into politics, though Sayeed had a son, Tassaduq.

A cinematographer, the son made his first recent public appearance on January 10, 2016, in hometown Bijbehara, seen lending emotional support to his elder sister when she broke down at the grave of her father. He later attended the PDP’s core group meeting in Srinagar