Wali Mohammad Itoo | |
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Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
In office 7 July 1983 –31 July 1984 | |
Minister of Home Affairs,Government of J&K | |
In office 1984–1989 | |
Minister of Revenue Department,Government of J&K | |
In office 1977–1982 | |
Personal details | |
Died | Jammu,Jammu and Kashmir,India | 18 March 1994
Political party | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |
Children | Sakina Itoo (Daughter) |
Wali Mohmmad Itoo (died 18 March 1994) was one of the leading Kashmiri politician,the famous leader of the Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,Advocate,former Minister of Home Affairs,former Minister of Revenue,and the former Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly,He represented Noraabad Constituency 4 times in legislative assembly. He was assassinated on 18 March 1994,soon after the Friday Prayer.
Itoo,whose father was a landowner in Kashmir,went into politics as a member of the Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,eventually rising to become leader of the party and the state's revenue minister. [1] He was also appointed the speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly on 7 July 1983. [2] In the first month of his tenure,the twenty-three representatives from the opposition Indian National Congress (INC) party felt he was unduly partisan in his actions and began a dharna (peaceful demonstration) against him;Itoo decided to suspend the INC representatives. [3] A year later,after the National Conference had been reduced to a minority after a split,Itoo was removed as speaker on 31 July 1984. [2]
After the Kashmir insurgency began in the late 1980s,Itoo became a target because the National Conference was pro-India. His house in Kashmir was twice grenaded and so he moved his family,consisting of his wife Sitara and five daughters,back to Jammu. [1] Itoo was one of few Conference politicians who were willing to actively work in public despite the threats to their lives:six legislators were assassinated between 1989 and 1992,while militants opened fire on crowds and bombed civilians in early 1994. [4]
On 18 March 1994,he was assassinated in the Talab Khatikan district after exiting a mosque which he had attended for Friday prayers. The assassins,with orders to assassinate all pro-India politicians,walked up to him in the crowded street and shot him at point-blank range. Five men were later arrested. [4] [5] After a condolence meeting was held in Jammu,attended by internal security minister Rajesh Pilot,his body was flown to Awantipora for a burial. [4]
Itoo's brother,who was also involved in politics,was subsequently killed in 2001. Itoo's second daughter Sakina,who was studying to become a doctor at the time of his death,became a politician and minister for the National Conference. She has survived over 20 assassination attempts. [1] [5]
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