Altaf Bukhari Age, Children, Family, Biography

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Hometown: Srinagar

Age: 66 Years

Religion: Islam

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari
Profession	• Politician • Businessperson
Physical Stats & More
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Politics
Political Party	• Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (2020 - Present) • Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (2014 - 2020)
Political Journey	• 2014: Contested and won the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Elections from the Amira Kadal constituency as a PDP candidate • 2015: Appointed as the Minister for Roads and Buildings of Jammu and Kashmir • 2016: Became the Minister for Education of Jammu and Kashmir and the Minister for Finance of Jammu and Kashmir • 2018: Appointed as the Minister for Labour and Employment of Jammu and Kashmir • 2019: Expelled from PDP • 2020: Formed a new political party named Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party
Personal Life
Date of Birth	19 February 1958 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2024)	66 Years
Birthplace	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
College/University	Government Agriculture College in Wadura, Sopore
Educational Qualification	A Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Science (1980)
Religion	Islam
Address	7, Kohinoor House, Shekih Bagh, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Controversy	House Arrested for 45 days In August 2019, after the abrogation of Article 370, the central government put him on house arrest for 45 days. He was released after a brief time; however, many other politicians were still detained. During that time, several reports were claiming that Bukhari had begun discussing the New Kashmir with the central government. The discussions of the new Kashmir led to the formation of a new political party named Apni Party also known as the King's Party.
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Children	Son(s)- 2 • Syed Junaid Altaf Bukhari • Syed Ovais Altaf Bukhari Daughter- None
Parents	Father- Syed Mohammad Iqbal Bukhari (Businessman; passed away in November 2021) Mother- Syeda Hafeeza Begum (Deceased)
Siblings	Brother- Tariq Bukhari Sister(s)- 4
Style Quotient
Car Collection	• Toyota Fortuner • Mahindra Bolero
Money Factor
Assets/Properties (as of 2013-2014)	Movable Assets Cash: Rs. 22,500 Deposits in Bank: Rs. 4,10,738 Bonds: Rs. 43,93,49,525 LIC or other insurance Policies: Rs. 5,35,700 Motor Vehicles: Rs. 36,68,431 Jewellary: Rs. 6,05,000 Immovable Assets Agricultural Land: Rs. 14,31,20,882 Non Agricultural Land: Rs. 1,70,00,000 Commercial Buildings: Rs. 3,12,75,000 Residential Buildings: Rs. 5,11,99,600
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs. 68 crores

Some Lesser Known Facts About Altaf Bukhari

After completing his graduation in 1980, Altaf Bukhari joined his family business. He later took over the business from his father and expanded the pesticide business to other states in India.

Later, he worked as a member of the Management Board of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu.

According to various reports, at the age of 24, Altaf Bukhari was involved in the ousting of Farooq Abdullah’s government in 1984 after which Farooq Abdullah was replaced by his brother-in-law, Ghulam Mohammad Shah as the new chief minister.

Many media houses claimed that Bukhari worked as a mediator between Indira Gandhi’s government and the 13 rebel MLAs, who left the National Conference and formed a new political party known as the Awami National Conference. Later, when he was asked about the incident, he said that he was just a 24-year-old boy who was exploited by others.

After a decade, he took over a food processing company which was already started by his father. The company holds the distinction of being the only private company in apple processing with a German collaboration.

In 2004, he introduced controlled atmosphere storage (CAS) in Kashmir and helped the Container Corporation of India in creating a 12,000-tonne CAS facility in Haryana.

In 2014, during the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Elections, he was declared to be the richest candidate as he declared his assets to be worth Rs 82 crores.

In June 2018, after the dissolving of the BJP-PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir, Bukhari became a common name for the position of the chief minister of the state. He was backed by the PDP, the Congress, and the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference in November 2018.

He has held various positions including a member of the Board of Directors of the National Horticulture Board and on the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

According to Altaf, he never aspired to join politics; however, after the next generation of his family took over the responsibilities of the family business, he decided to step back and at the same time give back to society.

Later, he became a politician as he believed politics to be the best way to give back to and serve people.

He considers his association with politics to be “incidental as well as accidental.”

In January 2019, he was expelled from the People’s Democratic Party as he was accused of being involved in Anti-Party activities.

Party today expelled Altaf Bukhari from the party for his anti party activities.
Party has been watching with concern the activities of Altaf Bukhari for quite some time and thereby stands expelled from the basic membership of party.

— J&K PDP (@jkpdp) January 19, 2019

In March 2020, Altaf Bukhari founded The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) along with thirty-one former members of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party, and Indian National Congress.
Altaf Bukhari (Centre) on the day of the launch of his new party