SRINAGAR: Former District Development Council (DDC) Chairperson of Baramulla, Safina Baig, on Wednesday joined the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) during a function held at the party headquarters, Nawa-e-Subh, in Srinagar.
She was welcomed into the party by NC President Farooq Abdullah and Vice President and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Safina Baig has previously served as the Chairperson of the District Development Council, Baramulla, and also headed the Jammu and Kashmir Haj Committee.
A practising advocate by profession, she contested the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections as an Independent candidate from the Wagoora-Kreeri constituency in Baramulla.
She is married to veteran politician and former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig.
Her induction is seen as a significant addition to the National Conference’s leadership in north Kashmir ahead of the party’s future political engagements.
