Durga Dass is an Indian politician and member of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party. Dass was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Hiranagar constituency in Kathua district. [1] [2] [3]
Omar Abdullah is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the chief minister of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He had previously served as the chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir between 2009 and 2014, and is the current vice president of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, a position he has held since 2009. Abdullah also served as a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha from 1998 to 2009, representing the Srinagar parliamentary constituency, and was a union minister of State for External Affairs.
The Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party is a socialist and secular state political party in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The party was founded on 23 March 1982 by husband and wife Prof. Bhim Singh and Jay Mala, Its aim is to "demolish corruption, communalism, criminalization, drug menace" and to establish a real democracy through ultimate revolution. Panthers party has maintained power at assembly and the local level for over four decades in its stronghold within the mountainous Udhampur constituency, where in the vicinity 5.9 million tonnes of Jammu and Kashmir lithium reserves, the 7th largest known reserve in the world, with an estimated value of $500 billion, was discovered in February 2023.
Jasrotia / Jasoria is a Dogra Rajput warrior clan from the Jammu region of northern India, of Suryavanshi lineage, following Hinduism. They are Hindu Rajput warriors of Jammu region.
Hiranagar is a town and a notified area committee, near Kathua city in Kathua district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a tehsil headquarters. It is named after Rajput Raja Hira Singh, son of Raja Dhyan Singh and nephew of Raja Gulab Singh.
Kathua district is an administrative district in the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is surrounded by Jammu to the northwest, the Doda and Udhampur districts to the north, the state of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Punjab to the south, and Pakistan's working boundary to the west. Its terrain is diverse, consisting of rich agricultural areas along the Punjab/Kashmir border, plains sweeping eastward to the foothills of the Himalaya, and the mountainous Pahari region in the east.
The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, also known as the Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha, is the legislature of Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Tariq Hameed Karra is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir and was a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Srinagar. He is currently serving as the President of Jammu Kashmir PCC. he is also a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Central Shalteng constituency.
The 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in five phases from 25 November – 20 December 2014. Voters elected 87 members to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, which ends its six-year term on 19 January 2020. The results were declared on 23 December 2014. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs were used in 3 assembly seats out of 87 in Jammu Kashmir elections.
Chack Diyalla or Chakdyala is a village in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district.
Girdhari Lal was an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir, belonging to the National Conference and later the Indian National Congress. He was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, and served as Finance minister of the state for 26 years. He was also a member of the Lok Sabha, elected from the Jammu–Poonch constituencey and the Udhampur constituency. He was known as "The People’s man".
Sheikh Abdul Rashid, better known as Engineer Rashid, is a Kashmiri separatist politician, and currently member of Lok Sabha representing Baramulla constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, India. He was released on interim bail to do campaigning during the assembly elections.
Harsh Dev Singh is an Indian politician and advocate. He was Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party from 2012 to 2022. He won three elections serving as MLA for Ramnagar, constituency for 18 continuous years from 1996 till 2014. Under his tenure as the Minister of Education of Jammu and Kashmir from 2002 to 2008, English became a compulsory language from first grade. Harsh Dev joined Aam Aadmi Party on 7 May 2022, and on 17 October 2022 he became AAP chairman in Jammu and Kashmir. On 16 Feb 2023, he resigned from AAP and rejoined Panthers Party to revive it. On April 4, he was elected President of Panthers Party.
Yash Paul Kundal is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress in Jammu and Kashmir. He was the state president of Young Panthers, the youth wing of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party. He has twice been a Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, and was the Minister of Animal and Sheep Husbandry from 2002 to 2008. On 8 April 2022, he joined Aam Admi Party.
Balwant Singh Mankotia is an Indian politician and the former President of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party. He has been three times elected member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, holding office for over 12 years. He is a leading campaigner for secular values against the terrorist insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. On 29 September 2022, he joined Bhartiya Janata Party. He won the 2024 elections from Chenani Assembly constituency, a seat previously held by his uncle Bhim Singh, and defeating his cousin Harsh Dev Singh by a margin 15,611 votes.
Hiranagar Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north Indian union territory. Hiranagar is also part of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.
Kuldeep Raj is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Raj was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Hiranagar constituency in Kathua district.
Lohai Malhar is a small village and tehsil of Kathua district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located about 105 km north by katli -Billawar road and about 150 km by Badnota - Machhedi road of the district headquarters at Kathua.
Rajiv Jasrotia is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Jasrotia is a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Jasrota constituency since 2024 and was formerly elected from Kathua constituency in 2014. He headed Municipal committee of Hiranagar for four years. He was the Minister for Forest, Environment, and Ecology of Jammu and Kashmir in a PDP-BJP coalition government for a short period of over 6 weeks until the coalition failed on 19 June 2018. He courted controversy after participating in a rally in support of the accused in the kathua rape case.
Aijaz Ahmad Mir is an Indian politician and the former member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly who represented Wachi assembly constituency of the Jammu and Kashmir (state). He is affiliated with Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party.
Vijay Kumar is an Indian politician from Jammu & Kashmir. He is a Member of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly from 2024, representing Hiranagar Assembly constituency as a Member of the Bharatiya Janta Party.