Mehbooba s brother Tassaduq takes oath as J&K Minister

Jammu Dec 28 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti s brother Tassaduq Hussain Mufti was sworn in on Thursday as a Minister in the PDP-BJP coalition government in the state.

Governor N.N. Vohra administered the oath of office to Tassaduq Mufti and Javaid Mustafa Mir at the Raj Bhawan s lawn here. Both were sworn in as cabinet ministers.

Tassaduq Mufti 45 is a trained cinematographer who earned critical acclaim for his camera work in the Vishal Bhardwaj directorial "Omkara".

When his father former Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed passed away on January 7 2016 Tassaduq came back to support his mother and sister.

He was earlier in-charge of the Chief Minister s Grievance Cell. Prior to his nomination as a member of the upper house of the state s bicameral legislature Tassaduq Mufti resigned as head of the cell.

Mir senior PDP leader and MLA from Chadoora constituency in Badgam district earlier also served as a cabinet minister in 2015 under the senior Mufti.

He was dropped when Mehbooba Mufti took over the Chief Minister in April 2016.

Portfolios of the two newly sworn-in Ministers would be announced later on Thursday. Tassaduq Mufti was likely to be assigned the Tourism and Culture portfolio which was with his sister informed sources said.

--IANS
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