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Tara Chand (Jammu-Kashmir politician)

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Tara Chand
Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmirstate
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 (age 60–61)
Chak Malal village,[1] Akhnoor (J&K)
NationalityIndian
Other political
affiliations
SpouseKanta Devi
Children2
OccupationPolitician

Tara Chand is a politician and a leader from Jammu and Kashmir. He was Deputy Chief Minister of erstwhile state 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] On 30 August 2022, he resigned from Indian National Congress in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad.[5] He was appointed as Vice chairperson for Democratic Azad Party. On 22 December 2022, he was removed from Democratic Azad Party after the allegations of 'anti-party'activities.[6]

In 2014 elections, Chand lost to BJP candidate Dr Krishan Lal in Chhamb Assembly constituency of Jammu district.[7] On 30 August 2022, he quit Congress in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Profiles of Raman Bhalla and Tara Chand". Tribuneindia News Service.
  2. ^ "J&K Deputy Chief Minister in the dock". The Hindu.
  3. ^ "From Speaker to likely Deputy CM: Tara Chand steers Cong ship in J&K - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
  4. ^ "J&K; Deputy CM uses 25 official cars instead of two authorised: RTI - IBNLive". 30 July 2014. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Tara Chand, Majid Wani among 60 leaders quit Congress party in favour of Ghulam Nabi Azad". The Chenab Times. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Azad expels Tara Chand, two other leaders from newly launched DAP". The Chenab Times. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  7. ^ "J&K poll result: Deputy CM and three-time MLA Tara Chand loses". Firstpost. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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