KL Report
SRINAGAR
Prominent cleric Molvi Ifftikhar Hussain Ansari died after battling with ill health Tuesday at his Qamar Wari residence. He was 72.
Ansari who was a senior vice president of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was a learned Shia scholar who began his political career in late 1970s when he contested the Lok Sabha election from Srinagar constituency against National Conference founder Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah’s widow Begum Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah.
He lost the election, but was credited for starting the culture of genuine mainstream political opposition in Kashmir.
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