PDP MLA Iftikhar Ansari passes away
2 Oct 2014 4:57 AM IST
Opposition PDP MLA in Jammu and Kashmir assembly and prominent Shia cleric, Moulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari died here on Tuesday following prolonged illness. He was 74. ‘Mouvli Iftikhar Ansari died in the wee hours on Tuesday after battling an ailment for more than a year,’ a relative of the deceased PDP leader said.
The four-time MLA from Pattan assembly segment, Ansari has a huge following among Shias in the state. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
Born on 26 April, 1940, he studied Islamic theology in Iran, Egypt and Iraq.
Starting his political career in 1960s, Ansari was nominated as an MLC in 1973 on Congress ticket but switched to Janata Party in 1977.
He returned to Congress in 1980s and was chosen as leader of the legislature party in the state assembly from 1983 to 1987.
He was again elected to the state legislative assembly in 1996 on a Congress ticket and became a minister in the National Conference government headed by Farooq Abdullah.
The four-time MLA from Pattan assembly segment, Ansari has a huge following among Shias in the state. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
Born on 26 April, 1940, he studied Islamic theology in Iran, Egypt and Iraq.
Starting his political career in 1960s, Ansari was nominated as an MLC in 1973 on Congress ticket but switched to Janata Party in 1977.
He returned to Congress in 1980s and was chosen as leader of the legislature party in the state assembly from 1983 to 1987.
He was again elected to the state legislative assembly in 1996 on a Congress ticket and became a minister in the National Conference government headed by Farooq Abdullah.
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