Ali Mohammad Sagar

Ali Mohammad Sagar
General secretary Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Assumed office
June 2014
Personal details
Political partyJammu & Kashmir National Conference
ChildrenSalman ali sagar

Ali Mohammad Sagar (born 1958) is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He was a four time member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. He won the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election from Khanyar Assembly constituency in Srinagar district representing the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference. He was Minister of Rural Development in Omar Abdullah cabinet and was appointed as National Conference general secretary in 2014.[1][2]

Early life and education

Sagar is from Habakadal, Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of Gh. Qadir. He completed his M.A. in 1978 and L.L.B. in 1983 at University of Kashmir.[3] His son Salman Sagar is contesting the 2024 election.[4]

Career

Sagar won from Khanyar Assembly constituency representing the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. He polled 6,505 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Muhammad Khurshid Alam of the JKPDP, by a margin of 1,167 votes.[5] He was first elected from Khanyar seat as an NC candidate in the 1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election and retained it in the next two elections in 2002 and 2008.[4]

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