LIVING ACTIVISTS
Mohammed Sharief Niaz A man who awakened Bhalessa MOHAMMAD SHARIEF Niaz , rated high in the realm of politics, was the only torch bearer to provide solace to the people during the turmoils in Bhalessa . Niaz was born on April 24, 1944, in the village of Changa , Bhalessa , and is a law graduate. Being a legal luminary, he was entrusted the responsibility of being the Law Minister of the state in 1989. Having many outstanding achievements in the democratic arena, Niaz joined the student unions, trade unions, and teachers’ unions. He joined the Congress party in 1976, worked as a trade union leader, and pleaded the cause of the working class. He was nominated District President of the Congress Committee, Doda, in 1979. He unsuccessfully contested the 1983 assembly elections on a Congress ticket from Inderwal constituency, but was finally elected in 1987. From 1992 to 1996, he remained a member of USERS consultative committee in the Northern Railway, and was elected