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Mehraj Malik (born in 1988) is an Indian politician and social worker from Jammu and Kashmir. He was elected as a member of legislative assembly (MLA) for the Doda Assembly constituency in October 2024. He was the Aam Aadmi Party's first and only winning MLA candidate in J&K as of 2024. On 17 October 2022, the Aam Aadmi Party appointed him as co-chairman of the J&K State Coordination Committee.




Political career


Mehraj Malik began his political career after joining the AAP in 2013 and ran as an independent candidate in the 2014 Assembly elections. In 2020, he was elected to the Doda District Development Council as an independent candidate with the margin of 3511 votes in Kahara.
After protest against a land eviction drive in Jammu, Mehraj Malik was taken into custody for questioning. The authorities detained Malik due to allegations that he delivered a speech at the location where a violent incident occurred. On 10 February 2023, he was released on bail.




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In October 2024, Mehraj Malik became the first member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), representing the Doda Assembly constituency. Malik's victory, with a margin of over 4,000 votes, marked a breakthrough for AAP in a region historically dominated by the National Conference and Congress. He defeated BJP candidate Gajay Singh Rana, securing AAP's first-ever seat in the J&K Assembly.




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• Mehraj Malik
• Aam Aadmi Party
• Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
• 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
• Doda Assembly constituency
• 13th Jammu and Kashmir Assembly
• Agnipath Scheme
• Second Omar Abdullah ministry
• Shakti Raj Parihar
• Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency