Tariq Hameed Karra

Tariq Hameed Karra (born 28 June 1955) is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir and was a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Srinagar. He is currently serving as the President of Jammu Kashmir PCC. he is also a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Central Shalteng constituency.

Tariq Hamid Karra
President Jammu and Kashmir Congress Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 August 2024
Preceded by	Vikar Rasool Wani
Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 October 2024
Preceded by	Noor Mohd
Constituency	Central Shalteng
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 17 November 2016
Preceded by	Farooq Abdullah
Succeeded by	Farooq Abdullah
Constituency	Srinagar
Cabinet Minister of Finance, Planning & Development, Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Housing & Urban Development, Forest, Environment, Ecology Tourism Government of Jammu and Kashmir
In office 2005–2008
Personal details
Born	(1955-06-28) 28 June 1955 (age 70)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (1999-2017) Indian National Congress (2017-present)[1]
Profession	Politician
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He had won the 2014 Indian general election being a Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party candidate by defeating Dr. Farooq Abdullah of National Conference by more than 40,000 votes, and thereby handing the veteran politician his first ever electoral defeat in 4 decades. He was a fierce critic of the BJP-PDP alliance from the very beginning and resigned from the Lok Sabha and PDP, of which he was a founding member as a mark of protest against innocent civilian killings in September 2016 and later joined the Indian National Congress in February 2017 and was later nominated as a member of the Congress Working Committee, the first for any politician from the Kashmir valley. He has also served as the Finance, Planning and Law Minister for Jammu and Kashmir state. Currently, he is serving as JKPCC president and Member of Legislative assembly of Central Shalteng Assembly constituency.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}