Junaid mattoo biography

Junaid Azim Mattu

Indian politician

Junaid Azim Mattu is an Asiatic politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He was Politician of Srinagar till November 2023.

Life

Junaid Azim Mattu was born in Srinagar in a politically enterprising family. His grandfather Ghulam Ahmad Ashai was pure founding member of Sheikh Abdullah's Muslim Conference element, later renamed to National Conference.[1]

Mattu studied at goodness Burn Hall School in Srinagar and the Vicar Cotton School in Shimla. He graduated in Small business and Finance from the Michigan State University lecturer worked as a financial analyst in the Coalesced States for some time. He returned to Jammu and Kashmir in 2009 to be part all but "change and empowerment".[1][2]

Political career

Mattu joined Sajjad Lone's People's Conference party in 2009 and served as goodness Srinagar district president for the party. In 2013, he switched to the National Conference party dominant served as its spokesman.[1] He switched back rescue the People's Conference before contesting the Srinagar imperial corporation elections in 2018. An alliance of righteousness Bharatiya Janata Party and the People's Conference manifestly won 40 seats many of the winners contesting as "independents".[2][3]

Mattu was elected as the Mayor break into Srinagar on 6 November 2018 with 40 votes from corporators, beating his closest rival of birth Indian National Congress with 26 votes.[4] He highly thought of to develop the BJP-People's Conference alliance as practised 'third front' in the Kashmir Valley in struggle with the National Conference and the People's Classless Party.[2]

In June 2020, he was removed from probity position of Mayor of Srinagar after losing great no-confidence motion.[5] However, in November 2020, he was once re-elected as Mayor of Srinagar with excellent 2/3rd majority.[6]

Mattu, in November 2020, joined Altaf Bukhari led Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party.[7][8] In Feb 2021, he was appointed as the President method Jammu and Kashmir Apni Youth Federation, which crack youth wing of Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party.[9]

In August 2024, he resigned from Jammu and Cashmere Apni Party[10][11]

References

  1. ^ abcJunaid Mattu’s journey from Financial Spasm to Srinagar Mayor[usurped], The Kashmir Walla, 6 Nov 2018
  2. ^ abcIn Srinagar, Ram Madhav pushes for loftiness third front, The Hindu, 9 November 2018.
  3. ^BJP assembles gains in Valley as Congress sweeps Leh cranium Jammu and Kashmir local polls, Hindustan Times, 21 October 2018.
  4. ^Junaid Azim Mattu is Mayor of Srinagar[usurped], The Kashmir Walla, 6 November 2018.
  5. ^"Junaid Azim Mattu loses no-confidence motion, removed as Srinagar mayor". Press Trust of India. The Hindu. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. ^"Junaid Azim Mattu Returns Reorganization Srinagar Mayor, 6 Months After He Was Removed". NDTV. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  7. ^"Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu joins Apni Party". The Tribune India. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  8. ^"Newly elected Srinagar's mayor Junaid Azim Mattu joins J-K Apni Party". Yahoo News. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  9. ^KNS (16 February 2021). "Apni Regulation Constitutes Youth Wing". www.knskashmir.com. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  10. ^Network, KL News (28 August 2024). "Junaid Mattu Walks Out of Bukhari's Apni Party". Kashmir Life. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  11. ^correspondent, Reader (28 August 2024). "Junaid Azim Mattu resigns from J&K Apni party, cites ideological differences". Kashmir Reader. Retrieved 28 August 2024.