Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on her "phenomenal" victory in the bypoll for Anantnag assembly seat.

"Congratulations to J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti for the phenomenal victory in the Anantnag assembly by-election," he tweeted.

BJP is running a coalition government in the restive border state for the first time with Mehbooba's People's Democratic Party.