Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal

Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal (born 21 April 1969) is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. The current MLA of Ramgarh and former health minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He was an MLA from Samba Assembly constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community in Samba district. He won the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life and education Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal is from Diani Village, Samba Tehsil and District, Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of Late Som Nath Manyal, a retired politician. He is a doctor by profession and a retired government employee and his wife is a doctor in government service. He completed his MBBS at B.L.D.E. Medical College, Bijapur. Later, he did a Diploma in Orthopaedics at Wardha Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Maharashtra.

Career Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal won the Samba Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. He polled 34,075 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Yash Paul Kundal of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party, by a margin of 22,118 votes. Later, he won on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, the Ramgarh Assembly constituency in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. He polled 35,672 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Yash Paul Kundal of Indian National Congress, by a margin of 14,202 votes.

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