Surinder Kumar Choudhary | |||||||||||||
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1st Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
Assumed office 16 October 2024 | |||||||||||||
Lieutenant Governor | Manoj Sinha | ||||||||||||
Chief Minister | Omar Abdullah | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | President's rule | ||||||||||||
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Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||
Assumed office 8 October 2024 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Ravinder Raina | ||||||||||||
Constituency | Nowshera | ||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||
Born | 1968 Nowshera,Jammu and Kashmir,India | (age 57)||||||||||||
Political party | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | ||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | People's Democratic Party (PDP) | ||||||||||||
Residence | Village Nonial,Rajouri,Jammu and Kashmir | ||||||||||||
Profession | Politician | ||||||||||||
Surinder Choudhary (born 1968) is an Indian politician,currently serving as the deputy chief minister of the Jammu and Kashmir since 16 October 2024. [1] He has been a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly since 8 October 2024,representing the Nowshera assembly constituency as a member of the Jammu &Kashmir National Conference. Choudhary previously served as a member of the Legislative Council (MLC) from the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP). [2] [3]
Surinder Kumar Choudhary was born in a Hindu Jat family in 1968. Before joining politics,Choudhary was an employee of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu. He contested his first Assembly election in 2009 from Nowshera. In 2014 elections,he was a Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party candidate for Nowshera assembly constituency and lost to Ravinder Raina of BJP by a margin of 10000 votes. [4] In April 2022,Choudhary resigned from PDP and joined BJP. He was general secretary of PDP at the time of his resignation. Choudhary cited reasons such as "people's love and affection" for delimitation under BJP government which divided Nowshera and Sunderbani into two distinct assembly constituencies. [4] However,he quit BJP to join National Conference in July 2023,accusing Raina of "promoting family" and "corruption". [5] [4]
In 2024 Assembly election,Choudhary contested again from Nowshera as a National Conference candidate and polled a total of 35,069 votes,defeating Ravinder Raina by a margin of 7819 votes. [6]
On 16 October 2024,Choudhary was sworn in as the deputy chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir in a ceremony held at Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC). The ceremony was presided over by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Choudhary was joined by Sakeena Masood,Javid Ahmad Dar,Javed Ahmed Rana and Satish Sharma on the dais to take the oath of office as ministers. [7] On 18 October 2024,an order was issued by Lieutenant Governor Sinha to allocate portfolios to council of ministers on the advice of chief minister. Choudhary was given the charge of Public Works (R&B),Industries and Commerce,Mining,Labour and Employment,and Skill Development. [8]
Election | Constituency | Party | Result | Votes % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % | Ref | ||
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2024 | Nowshera | JKNC | Won | 54.16% | Ravinder Raina | BJP | 42.09% | [9] | ||
2014 | Nowshera | JKPDP | Lost | 36.92% | Ravinder Raina | BJP | 49.51% | [10] | ||
2008 | Nowshera | BSP | Lost | 19.54% | Radhay Sham Sharma | JKNC | 26.47% | [11] | ||
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