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Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi raises his hand to the crowd in Budgam, beneath a portrait of his father
Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi speaking at the microphone

Dignity.Rights.Our voice.

Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi speaks for the people of Kashmir and for everyone pushed to the margins. This is a movement for the right to be heard.

Budgam, 3 November 2026. Beneath a portrait of his father, Shaheed Aga Syed Mehdi, on the 26th anniversary of his martyrdom.

The beliefs behind twenty years of public life, and the movement he began on 3 November 2026.

Thousands gathered before the stage in Budgam on the 26th anniversary of Shaheed Aga Syed Mehdi

The 26th anniversary gathering for Shaheed Aga Syed Mehdi, Budgam.

On the 26th anniversary of his father’s martyrdom, Aga Ruhullah stepped down as Srinagar MP and left his party, as he had announced in August, to take the fight for constitutional rights directly to the people.

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Portrait of Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi looking upward

Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi

October 2025 · via Kashmir Life

City and village, every faith and every tongue. This movement belongs to everyone who calls this land home, and to all who stand with the voiceless.

People reach into his car to greet Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi

01People reach in to greet him

An elder holds Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi’s face in affection

02An elder’s affection

Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi shaking hands with young cyclists

03With young cyclists

Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi sitting with people inside a home

04Sitting with families

People seated on the grass under a shamiana, listening

05A gathering under the shamiana

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Winning margin, Srinagar Lok Sabha, 2024

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Share of the vote, Srinagar 2024

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Three times MLA for Budgam (2002, 2008, 2014), once MP for Srinagar (2024)

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Attendance in the 18th Lok Sabha

Sources: Election Commission results; PRS Legislative Research MP Track, November 2026.

Gatherings under the shamiana, visits to homes, crowds at the car window, and the day in Budgam he went back to the people.

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Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi looks up, surrounded by people