Sajjad Gani Lone

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Sajad Gani Lone
Spokesperson of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration
In office
24 October 2020 –19 January 2021
ChildrenAmad Gani Lone (son) Adnan Gani Lone (son)
Parent Abdul Gani Lone (father)
Relatives
Residence(s) Handwara, Jammu and Kashmir, India
EducationBachelor of Commerce
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Sajad Gani Lone (born 1966) is an Indian politician, [1] and former Member of the Legislative Assembly elected from the Handwara constituency. He is the chairman of Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference.

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Early and personal life

Sajjad Lone was born on 9 December 1966. [2] Sajjad Gani Lone is the youngest of the two sons of Abdul Ghani Lone, who was assassinated in a rally in Srinagar in 2002. [3] His brother, Bilal Gani Lone, is a member of Hurriyat Conference's Executive Council. [4] His sister, Shabnam Gani Lone, is a lawyer by profession and an independent politician from Kupwara, J&K. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Sajjad attended Burn Hall School in Srinagar and graduated from the University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK in 1989. [2]

Sajjad Lone is married to Asma Khan, daughter of Amanullah Khan, the Pakistan-based leader of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front. [9] [10] [11] The couple have two sons.

Political career

Lone remained associated with the Hurriyat for a while in early 2000's but in 2004, after the assassination of his father, Lone became the chairman of People's Conference. [12]

Before he stood as an independent candidate in the 2009 Indian general election from the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, he in 2008, at the height of the Amarnath land transfer controversy, believed that the protests were a mass uprising against Indian rule and decided to boycott the Assembly elections. [13] [14] [15] He was defeated by the National Conference candidate Sharifuddin Shariq. [16]

Sajjad Gani Lone speaking at the book launch of "Gilgit Baltistan and its Saga of Unending Human Rights Violations" by Alok Bansal. (Also pictured is Ram Madhav, National General Secretary, BJP and Lt Gen Ata Hasnain). Book Launch of Gilgit Baltistan And Its Saga of Unending Human Rights Violations by Alok Bansal, speaking at podium is Sajad Lone.jpg
Sajjad Gani Lone speaking at the book launch of "Gilgit Baltistan and its Saga of Unending Human Rights Violations" by Alok Bansal. (Also pictured is Ram Madhav, National General Secretary, BJP and Lt Gen Ata Hasnain).

In 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Lone won Handwara assembly constituency in north Kashmir, by a margin of more than 5000 votes. [17] He was the one of the two People's Conference candidates elected to the state legislative assembly. [13] His party JKPC led in all blocks of Handwara constituency including Rajwar, Ramhal and Magam.

In 2018, days after BJP withdrew its support to the PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, Lone staked claim to form the government in the erstwhile state as he possessed the required support of BJP and some other lawmakers. However, the then Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolved the state assembly without letting Lone to prove his claim. [18] [19]

Opposition to the revocation of special status

Sajad Gani Lone has been vocal supporter of special status of Jammu & Kashmir. He was part of an-all party group formed for safeguarding Jammu and Kashmir's special status. Hours before BJP-led centre revoked the special status of the status by reading down the Article 370, Lone was put under house arrest. On 5 August, Lone was arrested by Jammu & Kashmir police and lodged in a jail in Srinagar. He was taken into police custody on 5 August 2019 and was freed from detention on 31 July 2020.[ citation needed ]

Recognition

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