Srinagar, Aug. 25 -- From a grassroots legislator to one of Jammu and Kashmir's longest-serving political figures, Abdul Rahim Rather's career spans nearly five decades of electoral politics, ministerial responsibility and legislative leadership. Abdul Rahim Rather is among the most enduring figures in Jammu and Kashmir's political history. A senior leader of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, Rather has spent most of his public life in and around the legislature, representing Charar-i-Sharief for decades, handling some of the Government's most important portfolios and eventually returning to the Assembly in 2024 to occupy the Speaker's chair.Born in 1944 at Badipora in Chadoora, Budgam, Rather comes from a modest background. His ...