Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari

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Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari
Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council
In office
11 April 2004 31 December 2008
ChildrenAlan Bukhari(daughter) and Alyaan Bukhari(son)
ResidenceKreeri (Ancestral Village) Baramulla Jammu and Kashmir
EducationBA, PG Diploma in Tour and Travel management, Import Export management
Alma mater University of Kashmir

Syed Basharat Ahmad Bukhari (born 17 September 1962) is an Indian politician and broadcaster from Jammu and Kashmir. He served as a member of the Legislative Council and a member of the Legislative Assembly from Sangrama Assembly constituency. [1] [4] [5] [6]

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Early life and education

Bukhari is from Sangrama, Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of Syed Rafi Ud din Bukhari. His wife is a teacher. He completed his B.A. in 1986 at a college affiliated with Kashmir University. [7]

Career

Bukhari is also the former minister for Law, Justice, Revenue, Parliamentary affairs, Horticulture, Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the erstwhile state, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He won from Sangrama Assembly constituency representing the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. He polled 12,127 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Shuib Nabi Lone of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 1,754 votes. [8]

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