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Born in Mirpur, now in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, he represented the Nowshera Assembly segment
Srinagar: Krishan Dev Sethi, 93, who was the last surviving member of the Jammu & Kashmir Constituent Assembly, passed away on Thursday at his Jammu residence.
According to the family, he passed away around 4 a.m. at his ancestral home at Dalpatian Mohallah, Jammu. Mr. Sethi, who was keeping unwell for the last one year, is survived by four sons and two daughters.
Born in Mirpur, now in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, Mr. Sethi was an elected member of the first Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir formulated in 1951 and finalised the separate constitution of J&K. He represented the Nowshera Assembly segment.
In his first interaction with party functionaries after the district development council (DDC) poll results, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah mocked the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying considering the drubbing it received in the elections, the government won t consider holding assembly polls for a long time. I don t think the government will blow the bugle of the assembly polls now, he said at the party headquarters in Srinagar, inviting a huge round of applause from the workers.
The BJP is not conceding the success of Gupkar Alliance and in fact says it has made inroads in Kashmir, a new frontier, and in future, a key to capture power through the assembly. For the arithmetic, however, it needs the help of a Kashmir party and disparate independent lawmakers. Those equations would come into play as and when assembly polls in the erstwhile state are conducted.