NEW DELHI: Mushtaq Ahmad Shah Bukhari, a former minister and BJP candidate from Surankote, handed away on Wednesday morning at his residence in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir.
The 75-year-old chief, who had been unwell for a while, suffered a deadly coronary heart assault at 7 am. He’s survived by his spouse, two daughters, and a son.
Bukhari, who had served as an MLA from Surankote for 2 phrases, had lately joined the BJP in February 2023 following the Centre’s choice to grant Scheduled Tribe standing to the Pahari neighborhood, to which he belonged.
He was subsequently nominated because the BJP candidate for the Surankote constituency, which participated within the second part of polls on September 25.
Previous to becoming a member of the BJP, Bukhari had been related to the Nationwide Convention for 4 a long time. Nonetheless, he determined to half methods with the celebration in February 2022 after a disagreement with celebration president Farooq Abdullah over the Scheduled Tribe standing challenge.
The information of Bukhari’s demise was met with condolences from numerous political leaders, together with Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina, who described him as “a mass chief” whose loss of life has left “a void which could be very onerous to fill.”
