Mohammad Khalil Bandh (born
) is an Indian politician and the former member of
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.
The Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir was dissolved by the Governor on 21 N ...
. As a MLA, he represented
Pulwama assembly constituency thrice in 2002, 2008 and 2014 when he was associated with
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party and subsequently served district president of the party.
In 2018, he was appointed as
agriculture and production minister by
Mehbooba Mufti until
PDP-
BJP alliance collapsed in 2018.
Later in 2019, he resigned from PDP and made his political associations with the
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference after he alleged party's misconduct about its old leaders.
Biography
He was born to Abdul Gaffar Bandh around 1948 in
Pulwama district of
Jammu and Kashmir princely state (in modern-day
Jammu and Kashmir union territory
Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and ...
). He did his
matriculation in 1967 from the
Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education.
Controversies
He along with other politicians allegedly increased his
assets by 9,564% between 2009 and 2014.
References
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1948 births
Living people
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party politicians
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians
People from Pulwama
Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2002–2008
Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2008–2014
Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018