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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1964)}}<br />
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| name = Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|06|20|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kishtwar]], India<br />
| office = [[List of members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council|Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council]]<br />
| term_start = 2015<br />
| term_end = 2016<br />
| constituency = [[Kishtwar Assembly constituency|Kishtwar]]<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| governor = [[N. N. Vohra]]<br />
| 1blankname = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata = [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]<br />
| office2 = Member of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start2 = 2008<br />
| term_end2 = 2014<br />
| constituency2 = Kishtwar<br />
| predecessor2 = <br />
| successor2 = <br />
| governor2 = [[N. N. Vohra]]<br />
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata2 = [[Omar Abdullah]]<br />
| office3 = Minister of State for Home Affairs, Jammu and Kashmir<br />
| term_start3 = 2009<br />
| term_end3 = 2013<br />
| governor3 = [[N. N. Vohra]]<br />
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata3 = [[Omar Abdullah]]<br />
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| successor3 = <br />
| office4 = Member of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start4 = 2002<br />
| term_end4 = 2008<br />
| constituency4 = [[Kishtwar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kishtwar]]<br />
| governor4 = [[N. N. Vohra]]<br />
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata4 = [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]<br />[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]<br />
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| party = [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]<br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
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| education = Diploma in Computer & Mechanical Engineering<br />
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'''Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo''' (born 23 June 1965) is an Indian politician, Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha and former member of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] who served as a State Home minister in the [[first Omar Abdullah ministry]] in 2009. A member of the [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]], he was elected as a member of legislative assembly during the [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2002]] and the [[2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2008 legislative assembly elections]] from [[Kishtwar Assembly constituency|Kishtwar constituency]].<ref name="s210">{{cite web | last=Life | first=Kashmir | title=Personality | website=Kashmir Life | date=22 Apr 2013 | url=https://kashmirlife.net/personality-2-28634/ | access-date=16 Oct 2024}}</ref> He also served as a [[List of members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council|member of the Legislative Council]] in 2015, representing [[Kishtwar district]].<ref name="ceojk">{{cite web | title=Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council | website=CEO, JK | url=https://ceojk.nic.in/pdf/mlc.pdf | access-date=17 Oct 2024}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Kachloo was born to Bashir Ahmad Kichloo on 20 June 1974 in [[Kishtwar]], India. His father was also a member of the National Conference (NC). Kichloo entered politics following his father's death. He has a diploma in computer & mechanical engineering. He began his career in 1996 as the [[tehsil]] president of the National Conference's youth wing. In 1998, he became the district president of the NC in Kishtwar. He contested the [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] from the Kishtwar constituency. He was re-elected in the 2008 Assembly elections.<ref name="s210"/><br />
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In 2013, Kichloo was appointed the minister of State for Home in the [[government of Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="s210"/><br />
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He was awarded the best legislator award by [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council]] in 2017 during the then PDP - BJP government.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Excelsior |first=Daily |date=2018-01-12 |title=Manhas, Dr Shehnaz, Khajuria get best legislator award |url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/manhas-dr-shehnaz-khajuria-get-best-legislator-award/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Daily Excelsior |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Controversies ==<br />
=== Allegations of assault ===<br />
Kichloo's political career was marred by controversy when he was accused of assaulting Riaz Ahmed Choudhary, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kishtwar Development Authority, during preparations for an official visit by the then chief minister [[Omar Abdullah]] to [[Kishtwar district]] in April 2013. Choudhary alleged Kichloo's misconduct and ordered his arrest, a claim that led to media attention and [[public scrutiny]].<ref name="s210"/><br />
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=== Alleged Role in 2013 clashes ===<br />
Kachloo resigned as the State Home minister in August 2013, following allegations of his involvement in the [[2013 Kishtwar clashes]] on 9 August 2013.<ref name="l685">{{cite web | title=Kishtwar unrest: J&K MoS Home Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo resigns; storm in Parliament | website=The Economic Times | date=12 Aug 2013 | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/kishtwar-unrest-jk-mos-home-sajjad-ahmad-kichloo-resigns-storm-in-parliament/articleshow/21776061.cms?from=mdr | access-date=16 Oct 2024}}</ref> The violence resulted in the deaths of three people and the destruction of over 150 shops and houses, attributed to the administration's failure, including Kachloo to control the situation.<ref name="t767">{{cite web | title=Ex-minister Kichloo gets clean chit in Kishtwar violence case | website=India Today | date=21 Dec 2013 | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rc-gandhi-commission-communal-violence-in-kishtwar-sajjad-ahmad-kichloo-221513-2013-12-20 | access-date=16 Oct 2024}}</ref> He was later exonerated of any involvement in the clashes that occurred on 9 August 2013. The Justice R.C. Gandhi Commission of Enquiry,<ref name="m121"/> a one-man commission led by Justice (retired) R.C. Gandhi,<ref name="j227">{{cite web | title=One-man commission to probe Kishtwar violence | website=BusinessLine | date=24 Aug 2013 | url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/one-man-commission-to-probe-kishtwar-violence/article20651982.ece1 | access-date=16 Oct 2024}}</ref> determined that Kichloo was [[Not guilty plea|not guilty]] of any [[Partisan (politics)|partisan]] conduct during the incident.<ref name="m121">{{cite web | title=Kichloo acquitted of charges in Kishtwar riots | website=The Hindu | date=20 Dec 2013 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/kichloo-acquitted-of-charges-in-kishtwar-riots/article5484384.ece | access-date=16 Oct 2024}}</ref><br />
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