Srinagar, Mar 08: Javid Hussain Baig, former MLA and nephew of ex-deputy chief minister Muzaffar Husssain Baig have joined National Conference today.
Baig joined the party in presence of NC vice-president Omar Abdullah, provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani and other senior party leaders.
Baig, who was recently expelled from Apni Party, was a PDP legislator from Baramulla assembly segment in 2014.
After the abrogation of Article 370, he was expelled by PDP for meeting foreign envoys who were brought in by the Centre to Kashmir.
In 2020 district development council polls, he lost both seats in Baramulla assembly segment to People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).