Junaid Azim Mattu was born in Srinagar in a politically active family.
[1] He switched back to the People's Conference before contesting the Srinagar municipal corporation elections in 2018.
An alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the People's Conference apparently won 40 seats many of the winners contesting as "independents".
[2] In June 2020, he was removed from the position of Mayor of Srinagar after losing a no-confidence motion.
[6] Mattu, in November 2020, joined Altaf Bukhari led Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party.