Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): K D Sethi, who was the last surviving member of the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly, passed away at his residence here on Thursday, he was 93.
Sethi was a member of the Constituent Assembly -- a body of representatives elected in 1951 -- which framed the Constitution of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Constituent Assembly was dissolved on January 26, 1957.
Born in Mirpur, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, on January 1, 1928, Sethi was a popular leader.
He had migrated to Jammu in 1946.
Sethi, who strongly batted for the resolution of the Kashmir issue, served as the state general secretary of the Democratic Conference.
He represented the Nowshera Assembly segment of Rajouri district. Sethi is survived by a son and a daughter -- both bureaucrats in Jammu and Kashmir
