Report card: Priya Sethi, Molvi Imran Raza Ansari , Lal Singh

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Priya Sethi

Nominated MLA: Priya Sethi

Portfolios : Education, Technical Education, Culture, Tourism, Horticulture, Floriculture and Parks

Party :BJP

Ratings : A grade

Priya Sethi is among the prominent women  leaders of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and a minister of state in the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. She is president of Jammu and Kashnir BJP Mahila Morcha.




Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra nominated Anjum Fazili and Priya Sethi to the Legislative Assembly as MLAs in 2015 and soon she got elevated to important portfolios of ministry .

Minister of State for Education, Technical Education, Culture, Tourism, Horticulture, Floriculture and Parks, Priya Sethi,  has been vibrant in kick starting the “Swachhata Hi Seva” programme, a sanitation campaign being organized by the Department of Floriculture.

She has always trying to see to it that our state gets a proper cultural policy and it takes proper directions in addition to a vibrant tourism policy and also our floriculture, parks departments gets more efficient. Priya Sethi is known for her youth connecting skills.

A bit more efficient approach and more activity on ground is required from Priya Sethi to achieve zenith.

We rate her 65 points out of hundred .

Molvi Imran Raza Ansari

Party : PDP

MLA : Pattan Constituency

Defeated : Aga Syed Mehmood Al Mosavi, National Conference

Portfolios: Information Technology, Technical Education and Youth Services and Sports

Grade : Average

Molvi Imran Raza Ansari born 7 March 1972 is an eminent  politician and Shia religious cleric succeeding his father Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari after later’s death. He won elections from the Pattan constituency and was declared Minister of Information Technology, Technical Education and Youth Services and Sports.




Besides he is one of the authoriser of ashura procession in Srinagar.

In the coalation government of PDP, BJP he has been Minister for Youth Services and Sports.

He is seen active in promoting sports  and providing platform to our youth in different sports but more dynamism is needed from him in Information Technology and Technical Education paradigms as our state is still lagging far behind in these field.

Also the all important Pattan constituency is feeling neglected still with not much development happening . We rate Molvi Imran Raza Ansari  55 out of 100 .

Lal Singh

Party: BJP

Defeated: Devinder Singh (NC) by 17,000 votes

Portfolios : Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology

Grade : Excellent

Constituency : BJP

Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Choudhary Lal Singh  who left Congress to join BJP before 2014 elections has rose to party rank and file as eminent face and is now the senior Cabinet Minister holding key portfolios.

He has been at forefront to save forest land from further destruction and save our sensitive environment from further destruction and has  also been constantly appealing  the people to save environment by planting trees. “It is prime duty of every individual to plant about 20 plants in rainy season to save the environment” has often been his famous take on this topic.

Lal Singh has also ensured that the employees, officials of the Forest Department pull up their socks to bring more efficiency.

We rate him 70 0ut of 100 as he needs to show more vision in bring the desired better changes for our environment and forests.