Abdul Rashid Dar

Abdul Rashid Dar was a lawyer and politician from the state of Jammu & Kashmir, who served as MLA, MLC and later as the chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council.In his first election in 1987 Dar contested from the Shangus seat of Anantnag district, he won the election and was elected MLA as a member of the National Conference, representing the Shangus constituency of Anantanag[1] .He served in the state assembly till the government was dismissed and the assembly was dissolved by Jagmohan the governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Later on in 1996 Dar was elected to the upper house the state Legislative council .[2]

Abdul Rashid Dar
Abdul Rashid Dar as the chairman presiding over a meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council
Chairman, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council
In office
2001–2008
GovernorGirish Chandra Saxena
Srinivas Kumar Sinha
Narinder Nath Vohra
Chief MinisterFarooq Abdullah
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Ghulam Nabi Azad
DeputyP Namgyal
Succeeded byGhulam Nabi Lone
Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
In office
1987–1990
GovernorJagmohan
Chief MinisterFarooq Abdullah
Preceded byMaqbool Dar
Succeeded byAbdul Majid
ConstituencyShangus
Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council
In office
1996–2008
Personal details
Born(1949-04-13)13 April 1949
Died28 February 2020(2020-02-28) (aged 70)
Srinagar, India

Legislative Council

He was elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative council in 1996 as a member, later on he was elected as the deputy chairman of the house serving for a brief period. Dar was subsequently elected as the chairman of upper house the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative council in 2001 a position he held for nearly a decade and while serving as the chairman, he ceased to be a member of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference in 2004 Dar remained independent while also continuing to be the chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council.[3]

No confidence motion

In 2004 a No confidence motion was moved against Chairman Dar by the Jammu and Kashmir National conference the motion was introduced in the legislative council, the proceedings of the house were led by the deputy chairman Namgyal ,the voting was conducted and the motion failed to muster the required number of votes and Dar won the confidence of the house and continued his term as the chairman of the house till 2009.[4] Dar died on 28 February 2020.[5]

References
  1. "Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election Results in 1987". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  2. "Governor dissolves Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly". UPI. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  3. "JK Legislative Council chairman Dar expelled from NC: Omar". Zee News. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  4. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Jammu & Kashmir". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  5. Excelsior, Daily (2020-02-28). "Former LC Chairman Rashid Dar passes away". Eaily Excelsior. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
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