Government of Jammu and Kashmir

India has granted Jammu and Kashmir a special autonomy status; however Kashmiri political parties demand for a greater autonomy and sovereignty. Jammu and Kashmir has two main political parties : People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference. Presently, PDP and its ally the Indian National Congress hold the maximum number of seats in the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly.

After Mufti Sayeed completed his three term, as per the power sharing agreement between the ragtag PDP-Congress alliance reached in late 2002, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has replaced Mufti on November 2005.