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Waheed Para
Waheed ur Rehman Para (وحید اررحمان پارہ) is an Indian people, Indian politician of Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party and member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Pulwama constituency. He is the legislative party leader of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party in the J&K assembly. Born and raised in Naira village of South Kashmir's Pulwama district, he joined the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party in 2013 and was subsequently appointed its youth wing president. In the following years, he served as the political analyst to then J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in 2015 and as secretary J&K Sports Council in 2016. Para contested the 2024 Indian general election from the Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency as a candidate of the PDP securing the runner up position with 1.68 lakh votes. He was arrested by National Investigation Agency on 25 November 2020 for alleged terror links, and was again rearrested by J&K Police af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jammu And Kashmir Legislative Assembly
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. Prior to 2019, the State of Jammu and Kashmir had a bicameral legislature with a legislative assembly (lower house) and a legislative council (upper house). The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, passed by the Parliament of India in August 2019, replaced this with a unicameral legislature while also re-organising the state into a union territory. The 12th assembly was dissolved by the Governor on 21 November 2018. The 13th assembly was elected in September and October 2024. History Praja Sabha The first legislature of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, called the ''Praja Sabha'', was established by the government of the Maharaja Hari Singh in 1934. It had 33 elected seats, 30 nominated members and 12 ''ex-officio'' members. The first election in 1934 saw the Liberal Group headed by Pandit Ram Chander Dub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
