Senior National Confrence (NC) leader and former MLA Sonwar, Mohammad Yasin Shah passed away on Thursday morning. He was 71.
In his condolence message, former J&K CM and NC vice president Omar Abdullah said on Twitter: “The @JKNC_ family lost a kind & soft spoken leader today. Yaseen Shah Sahib, Ex MLA Sonwar, passed away this morning. His loss will be deeply felt by all of us. My condolences go out to his family & loved ones. May Allah grant Yaseen Sahib Jannat.”
A three-time legislator, Shah was first elected as MLA from the Hazratbal constituency in 1987.
In 2002 state elections, he won from Sonawar and retained the seat in 2009 bypolls after NC president Farooq Abdullah vacated it following the latter’s election as Rajya Sabha MP.
President of the J&K Congress unit G A Mir and Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari condoled the Shah’s demise.