Sakina Itoo (born 5 December 1970[1]) is a Kashmiri politician former Cabinet Minister and the former member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council. A member of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, she represented Noorabad twice in 1996 and 2008.[2]She has also served as minister for several departments, eg , Social Welfare and Administrative Reforms, Inspections, Trainings & Public Grievances, Education, Tourism, Floriculture .She is the Youngest Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, she was only 26 year old when she won her first assembly election.
Sakina Itoo Cabinet Minister (J&K) | |
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Minister for Social Welfare and Administrative Reforms, Inspections, Trainings & Public Grievances | |
In office 2008–2014 | |
Governor | Narinder Nath Vohra |
Chief Minister | Omar Abdullah |
Preceded by | Peerzada Mohammad Sayed |
Succeeded by | Sajjad Gani Lone |
Minister of State for Education, Government of J&K | |
In office 1996–1999 | |
Governor | Girish Chandra Saxena |
Chief Minister | Farooq Abdullah |
Minister of State for Tourism and Floriculture, Government of J&K (Independent charge) | |
In office 1999–2002 | |
Governor | Girish Chandra Saxena |
Chief Minister | Farooq Abdullah |
Leader of the Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council | |
In office 2002–2008 | |
Chairman | Abdul Rashid Dar Ghulam Nabi Lone |
Preceded by | Mohammed Muzaffar Parray |
Succeeded by | Nayeem Akter |
Member Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council | |
In office 2002–2008 | |
Governor | S.K Sinha |
Chief Minister | Mufti Sayeed Ghulam Nabi Azad |
Member Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1996–2002 | |
In office 2008–2014 | |
Governor | N.N Vohra |
Chief Minister | Omar Abdullah |
Constituency | Noorabad |
Personal details | |
Born | Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir | 5 December 1970
Political party | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |
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Residence(s) | Damhal Hanji Pora, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Education | Intermediate |
She is the president for Jammu & Kashmir National Conference in South Kashmir also state secretary of national conference and she was the only woman to serve in Kashmir's state cabinet ministry in 2008 when Omar Abdullah was incumbent chief minister.[3][4]
Biography
editItoo was born to Wali Mohammad Itoo, speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on 5 December 1970 in Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir.[5] She did her intermediate from the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education in 1991.[6] Later, she started her MBBS practice, professional degree in medicine, but left midway amidst of her father's killing in 1994 and subsequently joined politics.[5] During her political career, Itoo served as a minister in several departments such as Deputy Minister for Education in 1996, State Minister for Social Welfare, and Public Works.[5] Later, she was appointed as a Minister of Tourism and served the department until 2002.[7] In 2002, she lost an assembly constituency election[2] and was later nominated as a Member of Legislative Council by the party in 2004.[7]
In 2014 state assembly election campaign, a heavily circulated video clip showed her ordering an old man to vote for her in the name of Allah.[8][9] The video was reported as a violation of the Model Code of Conduct to the Election Commission of India by the opposition party. Omar Abdullah and the National Conference defended Itoo.[10]
References
edit- ^ "At a glance: 9 Muslim women candidates from Kashmir valley contesting J&K assembly polls". www.indiatvnews.com. 29 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Jammu and Kashmir minister Sakina Itoo files nomination from Noorabad". DNA India. 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Dr. Farooq, Omar express solidarity with Sakina Itoo". KNS. 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Video of Jammu and Kashmir minister invoking religion for votes goes viral". Deccan Chronicle. 31 March 2014.
- ^ a b c "Personality". Kashmir Life. 25 March 2013.
- ^ "Miss Sakina Itoo (JKNC):Constituency- Noorabad (Kulgam) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
- ^ a b "Administrative Refirms, Inspections, Trainings & Grievances Department - Government of Jammu & Kashmir". jkaritrainings.nic.in.
- ^ "J&K minister Sakina seen in a video forcing an old man to vote for her". News18. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Video shows NC leader asking for support in the name of religion". Hindustan Times. 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Viral Facebook video shows J&K minister Sakina Itoo forcing voter to support her". India Today. 30 March 2014.