Data compiled by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) shows that 29-year-old Shagun Parihar, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s newly elected candidate from Kishtwar, is the youngest member of the assembly, while veteran National Conference leader Abdul Rahim Rather, 80, is the oldest member. Parihar, who lost her father and uncle in a terror attack in 2018, is the only member of the Assembly below the age of 30, while Rather, a seven-time MLA from Chara-e-Sharif, is the only MLA above the age of octogenarian in the House.
According to the data, the average age of an MLA in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly is 55.71 years, of which 32 MLAs fall in the age group of 51 to 60 years. Who are the 10 youngest MLAs? PDP’s Waheed Para (Pulwama), Aam Aadmi Party’s Mehraj Malik (Doda), NC’s Mehar Ali (Kangan), Independent Rameshwar Singh (Bani) and BJP’s Sunil Bhardwaj (Ramnagar) are among the 10 youngest newly elected MLAs.
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Congress MLA from Bandipora Nizamuddin Bhat is the second oldest member at 77, followed by CPI(M) Kulgam MLA Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami, who is 75. National Conference (NC)’s Eidgah MLA Mubarak Gul is 73, while Beerwah MLA Mohammad Shafi Wani (NC), Pattan MLA Javed Riaz (NC) and Anantnag MLA PM Sayeed (Congress) are all 71.
