Sakina Itoo

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 1990 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 election from her assembly constituency[2] and was later nominated for Member of Legislative Council post by the party in 2004.[3]

In 2014 state assembly election campaign, her alleged video clip which was heavenly circulated by the internet users across the social media networks caught news media attention forcing an old man from Kulgam district "to swear in the name of Allah"[9][10] and to take auth of the quran to vote for her. Her video (election campaign) was reportedly considered a violation of Model Code of Conduct. National Congress, her party declined to accept the violation citing "there was absolutely nothing wrong with it". The clip was subsequently reported to the Election Commission of India by the opposition mainstream party, PDP.[11]