Sakina Itoo
Minister for Social Welfare
In office
2008–2014
GovernorNarinder Nath Vohra
Chief MinisterOmar Abdullah
Preceded byPeerzada Mohammad Sayed
Succeeded bySajjad Gani Lone
Member Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
In office
2009–2015
GovernorNarinder Nath Vohra
Chief MinisterOmar Abdullah
ConstituencyNoorabad
Member Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
In office
1996–2002
GovernorGirish Chandra Saxena
Chief MinisterFarooq Abdullah
ConstituencyNoorabad
Personal details
Born (1970-12-05) 5 December 1970
Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir
Political partyJammu and Kashmir National Conference
Parent
  • Wali Mohammad Itoo ( Ex-Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly) (father)
EducationIntermediate

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 was appointed as a minister for Social Welfare and Administrative Reforms, Inspections, Trainings & Grievances.[3][4] The president of the National Conference in South Kashmir,[5] she was the only woman to serve in Kashmir's state cabinet ministry in 2008 when Omar Abdullah was incumbent chief minister.[6]

Biography

She was born to Wali Mohammad Itoo, speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on 5 December 1970 in Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir.[7] She did her intermediate from the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education in 1991.[8] 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.[7] During her political career, she served as a minister in several departments such as deputy minister for education in 1996, state minister for Social Welfare, and Public Works.[7] Later, she was appointed as a minister of Tourism and served the department until 2002.[3] In 2002, she lost an assembly constituency election[2] and was later nominated as a Member of Legislative Council by the party in 2004.[3]

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.[9][10] 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.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "At a glance: 9 Muslim women candidates from Kashmir valley contesting J&K assembly polls". www.indiatvnews.com. 29 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Jammu and Kashmir minister Sakina Itoo files nomination from Noorabad". DNA India. 13 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Administrative Refirms, Inspections, Trainings & Grievances Department - Government of Jammu & Kashmir". jkaritrainings.nic.in.
  4. ↑ "Cabinet Minister - general administration department" (PDF). jkgad.nic.in.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Farooq, Omar express solidarity with Sakina Itoo". KNS. 26 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Video of Jammu and Kashmir minister invoking religion for votes goes viral". Deccan Chronicle. 31 March 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 "Personality". Kashmir Life. 25 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "Miss Sakina Itoo (JKNC):Constituency- Noorabad (Kulgam) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  9. ↑ "J&K minister Sakina seen in a video forcing an old man to vote for her". News18. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Video shows NC leader asking for support in the name of religion". Hindustan Times. 30 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Viral Facebook video shows J&K minister Sakina Itoo forcing voter to support her". India Today. 30 March 2014.
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