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Yash Paul Kundal is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress in Jammu and Kashmir. He was the state president of Young Panthers, the youth wing of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party. He has twice been a Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, and was the Minister of Animal and Sheep Husbandry from 2002 to 2008. On 8 April 2022, he joined Aam Admi Party.

Early life

Kundal graduated from Jammu University in 1997. Later he completed Masters in Political Science.

Career

Kundal has won two elections for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in Samba, Jammu. After the 2002 Jammu and Kashmir general elections, he served as the Minister of Animal and Sheep Husbandry in the government. After his second election victory in 2008 Jammu and Kashmir elections he was part of the opposition.

In November 2014, he was appointed as the state president of Young Panthers.

As a MLA he supported the Indian Border Security Force's tree planting drive, being their chief guest and planting the first tree in his constituency of Samba. The BSF went on to plant 200,000 saplings.

Kundal, with Harsh Dev Singh, led protests in Jammu on 18 September 2016 against Pakistan after the 2016 Uri attack on an Indian army base, accusing Pakistan of supporting the terrorist attacks.

In October 2016, he accused the police of not pressing appropriate charges against BJP workers who brutally assaulted Bishan Dass, a scheduled caste youth, at Ramnagar Temple. He wanted the case to be registered as attempted murder. He alleged that hate crimes against scheduled caste members had risen in the area as a consequence of recent BJP electoral victories, saying that seven unexplained deaths of scheduled caste members had gone unsolved in the area over a period of 18 months. Previously, in the December 2014 Jammu and Kashmir general elections, he had lost his seat to a BJP candidate.

In February 2020, Kundul was named as the Chairman of the National Panthers Party Working Committee.

References

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   - "BJP has got decimated, melted before PDP: Harsh". Early Times. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
2. "Despite tall claims of MLA, Samba remains neglected". Daily Excelsior. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
3. "KV Nagrota organizes 29th National Youth Parliament Competition". Daily Excelsior. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
4. "2 former Panthers Party MLAs, 100 leaders from J&K join AAP in New Delhi". Hindustan Times. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
5. "Former Jammu and Kashmir Minister Yash Paul Kundal, ex-legislator join AAP with over 100 local leaders". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
6. "YASH PAUL KUNDAL(JKNPP):Constituency - Samba(SAMBA)". myneta.info. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
7. "Education, key to all Human development: Kundal". Scoop News. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
8. Govind Sharma (24 December 2014). "Panthers fall flat". Daily Excelsior. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
9. "Kundal appointed Young Panthers President". Early Times. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
10. "BSF organizes plantation drive at Samba, Udhampur". Daily Excelsior. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
11. "Massive anti-Pakistan protests in Jammu". Tribune India. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
12. "Kundal seeks registration of case against culprits". Kashmir Times. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
13. "Harsh announces Panthers committees for enhanced public outreach". State Times. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

• University of Jammu alumni
• Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2002–2008
• Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2008–2014
• Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party politicians
• Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Jammu and Kashmir
• Indian National Congress politicians from Jammu and Kashmir