Mushtaq Ahmed Shah Bukhari

Former minister and prominent Pahari leader from Rajouri-Poonch Syed Mushtaq Ahmed Bukhari Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the polls. In doing so, he had said, he had kept his word over the grant of Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to Paharis, a long-pending demand. Bukhari, a two-time former MLA from Surankote in Poonch district, had resigned from the National Conference in February 2022 after an argument with party president Farooq Abdullah over granting the ST status. He will clash with Congress’s Mohd Shahnawaz, a Gujjar. Another Gujjar leader and Congress rebel Ch Mohd Akram, who had won the seat on the Congress ticket in 2014, is contesting as an Independent.

About Mushtaq Ahmed Shah Bukhari

Mushtaq Ahmed Shah Bukhari is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from 88. Surankote (St) (Scheduled Tribe) Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.

His profession according to the election affidavit filed with the Election Commission of India, and as analysed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024 is: Self Employed.

This candidate's educational qualifications are: 8th Pass and he is 75 years of age. Mushtaq Ahmed Shah Bukhari's total declared assets are Rs 1.1 crore which includes Rs 51.5 lakh in movable assets and Rs 60 lakh in immovable assets. His total declared income is Rs 10 lakh of which Rs 8.2 lakh is self income. He has declared total liabilities of Rs 17 lakh.

This BJP candidate, in the election affidavit has mentioned 0 criminal cases registered against him.