Ajay Nanda (born 1967) is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is an MLA from Reasi Assembly constituency in Reasi district. He won the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. [1] He was dropped by the BJP for the 2024 Assembly election. [2]
Nanda is from Reasi, Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of Late Madhav Lal Nanda. [3] He completed his B.Sc. and later did L.L.B. in 1994 at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. [4]
Nanda won from Reasi Assembly constituency representing Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. He polled 22,017 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Saraf Singh, an independent candidate, by a margin of 1,887 votes. [5]
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