Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti held an hour long meeting with young and budding entrepreneurs from Kashmir valley at her Fairview residence on Monday evening, once again. Earlier she had met the same group of entrepreneurs in January early this year, after the death of former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
But what surprised many in this meeting was the presence of a senior journalist Suhail Bukhari, whom the Chief Minister, Mehbooba, introduced as part of her “new team to deal with the problems faced by young entrepreneurs.”
Mehbooba, according to sources present in the meeting, told the entrepreneurs if they would face any kind of huddle they should meet “our team which includes Principal Secretary, Navin K. Choudhary, Commissioner Secretary Industries and Commerce Shailendra Kumar, Saadat Hussain, a former J-K Bank employee presently working in CM office, and Suhail Bukhari.” Mehbooba said.
Every one was surprised who this Suhail Bukhari was, an entrepreneur who was part of the meeting said. But even before CM Mehbooba could have explained who Bukhari was, Saadat Hussain stopped her from reveling his full identity, sources said.
Bukhari, the journalist, is actually working with television channel NewsX as its Jammu and Kashmir bureau chief and is resident Kreeri village in north Kashmir.
“We had no idea who he was, but then Mehbooba ji said do you know this man at the end of the meeting? I was surprised because I has seen him on TV then she introduced him as part of her new team,” an entrepreneur who attend the meeting told Kashmir Scenario
It is not clear if Bukhari is going to join PDP but sources said he is likely to be inducted as a Media analyst in Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s office.