Haji Anayat Ali

Haji Anayat Ali is an Indian politician and a hotelier from the Kargil district of Ladakh Union territory of India. He is currently the Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council, the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Jammu and Kashmir.[2] He was nominated as the Chairman of the Upper House on the 12th of April, 2015.[3]

Haji Anayat Ali
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed and Haji Anayat Ali during the laters oath ceremony on being elected as Chairman LC on 12 April 2015. Nirmal Kumar Singh and Naeem Akhtar are in the background.
Chairman, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council
Assumed office
12 April 2015
Personal details
BornKargil, Ladakh, India
Political partyBJP (from August 2019) [1]
PDP (to August 2019)
Websitehttp://www.jklegislativecouncil.nic.in/

Political career

In the 2002 J&K state Legislative Assembly Elections, the election campaign of the future first Cabinet Minister from Kargil, Haji Nisar Ali was launched from the transport office compound of Haji Anayat Ali which was a huge success.[4] In the 2008 Legislative Assembly Elections, Haji Anayat Ali's support in the capacity of Youth Wing President of Islamia School Kargil, proved beneficial for National Conference in securing victory over the two MLA seats of the district.[5][6] The 2008 LAHDC Kargil elections had also went in favor of the candidates whom he supported.[7][8]

In the 2009 Indian General Elections the MP seat of Ladakh went to Haji Ghulam Hassan Khan, the independent candidate supported by Islamia School Kargil with Haji Anayat Ali as its youth wing President.[9]

In late 2014, Haji Anayat Ali joined the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party which was considered a reckless move at the time as PDP had no support base in Kargil. However the inclusion of a third option on the political scene of Kargil was well received by the masses.[10]

The 2014 Assembly Election results established PDP as a prominent political factor in the complex and competitive political equation of Kargil district as despite losing the elections it managed to gather almost 30%[11] of the total vote cast. In early 2015 he was nominated as Member of the Legislative Council J&K, representing Kargil.[12]

In August 2019, he left PDP to join BJP.[13]

References
  1. "Chairman, Speaker inspect LA, LC Secretariat". Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. "Hon'ble Chairman, J&K Legislative Council". Legislative Council, JK. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  3. Ali, Haji Anayat. "Anayat Council Chairman, Mir elected his Deputy". The Tribune. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. Ali, Haji Anayat. "How Congress and PDP lost Kargi". Kashmir Life. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  5. Ali, Haji Anayat. "J&K: A Peaceful Poll?". Kashmir Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  6. Ali, Haji Anayat. "LADAKH: WHY NC LOST ITS TRADITIONAL STRONGHOLD?". Bargad. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  7. Ali, Haji Anayat. "LAHDC Kargil". Govt. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  8. Ali, Haji Anayat. "LAHDC Kargil". LAHDC Kargil. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  9. "Cong upset with NC over Ladakh ploy". TOI. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  10. "Shia seminary helped PDP gain foothold in Kargil". The Tribune. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  11. "Kargil Election Results 2014, J&K". Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  12. Ali, Haji Anayat. "Anayat Ali elected LC Chairman, Jehangir Mir Dy Chairman". scoopnews. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  13. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ladakh-mp-jamyang-tsering-namgyal-and-jammu-and-kashmir-legislative-council-chairman-haji-anayat-ali-kargil-leaders-join-bjp-1591883-2019-08-26
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