Balwant Singh Mankotia
| Balwant Singh Mankotia | |
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| President of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party | |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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| Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 2002–2014 |
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| Constituency | Udhampur |
| Preceded by | Shiv Charan Gupta |
| Succeeded by | Pawan Kumar Gupta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Political party | Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party |
| Relations | Dogra dynasty |
| Parents | Thakur Ram Das and Surju Devi |
| Education | University of Jammu |
Balwant Singh Mankotia is an Indian politician. He is the President of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party. He has been twice elected member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
He is a leading campaigner for secular values against the terrorist insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir.
His parents are Thakur Ram Das and Surju Devi. His father, Thakur Ram was an Indian military commander in Operation Polo 1948, that ousted Nizam (King) Osman Ali Khan and led to the annexation of Hyderabad to India.
He graduated with a BSc from Jammu University in 1992.
He won his first election in 2002 from Udhampur, and was a part of the coalition government in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, with the PDP and Congress Party.
In 2002, Balwant Singh was the first MLA to give oath in the Dogri language in the name of Vaishno Devi, a trend that was adopted by other Hindu MLAs in Jammu and Kashmir.
After he retained his seat in the 2008 Jammu and Kashmir general elections, Balwant was a vocal member of the opposition, and campaigned to end illiteracy in the state.
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