Tara Chand (Jammu-Kashmir politician)

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Tara Chand
Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
In office
5 January 2009 – 24 December 2014
GovernorNarinder Nath Vohra
Chief MinisterOmar Abdullah
Preceded byMuzaffar Hussain Baig
Succeeded byNirmal Kumar Singh
Constituency80-Chhamb
Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
In office
21 November 2002 – 5 January 2009
Preceded byAbdul Ahad Vakil
Succeeded byMohammad Akbar Lone
Personal details
Born1963
Chak Malal village,[1] Akhnoor (J&K)
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Kanta Devi
Children2
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.facebook.com/tarachand.inc

Tara Chand is a Dalit leader of Indian National Congress from Jammu and Kashmir. He was Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 2009 to 2014.[2] He had earlier served as the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.[3][4]

In 2014 elections, Tara Chand lost to BJP candidate Dr Krishan Lal in Chhamb Assembly constituency of Jammu district.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tara Chand – Dalit face of the party".
  2. ^ "J&K Deputy Chief Minister in the dock".
  3. ^ From Speaker to likely Deputy CM: Tara Chand steers Cong ship in J&K - Indian Express
  4. ^ J&K Deputy CM uses 25 official cars instead of two authorised: RTI - IBNLive
  5. ^ "J&K poll result: Deputy CM and three-time MLA Tara Chand loses". Firstpost. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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