Kathua, November 2:
Former Jammu and Kashmir MLA Jagdish Raj Spolia passed away at his residence in Kathua district on Sunday evening. He was 80 years old. He had been battling illness for a long time. His family informed about his death on Monday. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
Jagdish Raj Spolia was elected twice as MLA from Basohli assembly seat in Kathua district. He won the assembly elections for the first time in 1987 on a Congress ticket.
In 1999, he left the Congress and joined the BJP. Became an MLA again in 2008 on a BJP ticket.
He later returned to the Congress, He contested the 2014 assembly elections. Though he had to face defeat. After this, he again joined the BJP. He was bedridden for a long time due to illness.
He was cremated at Shanti Ghat in Basohli on Monday morning.
