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 (age 6061)
Chak Malal village,[1] Akhnoor (J&K)
NationalityIndian
Other political
affiliations
SpouseKanta Devi
Children2
OccupationPolitician

Tara Chand is a politician and Dalit leader 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] 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

  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. 1 2 "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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