Abdul Bari Siddiqui

Abdul Bari Siddiqui is an Indian politician who was the Finance Minister of Bihar,[1] He is a MLA representing Alinagar, Darbhanga, Bihar.[2] Siddiqui is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party. He won in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election [3] In 2019 Loksabha Elections he contested from Darbhanga and lost to Gopal Jee Thakur of BJP.

Abdul Bari Siddiqui
Finance Minister of Government of Bihar
In office
20 November 2015 – 27 July 2017
Personal details
Born (1953-12-23) 23 December 1953
Alinagar, Darbhanga, Bihar, India
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal
ResidenceRupaspur , A Alinagar, Darbhanga

Previously, Siddiqui was the Leader of Opposition following the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election until the split between JD(U) and BJP led the latter to leave the government and become the official opposition.[4][5]

Siddiqui was elected the chairman of the Bihar Cricket Association in September, 2015 defeating former association president Vinod Kumar. He is also the head of the Bihar Badminton Association. He is known to be a close associate of Mr. Lalu Prasad. When asked in 2009, for Contesting the Madhubani Parliamentary Elections, he filed his nomination and unsuccessfully contested, losing by the margin of 10k votes. Which led to trailingredients of Dr. Shakeel Ahmed to 3rd position. He Again contested 2014 Madhubani loksabha elections unsuccessfully losing to veteran BJP leader Hukumdev Narayan Yadav by a margin of 15k votes. He is 7th time MLA. Previously he used to contest from Bahera, After delimination of that Constituency, he contest from Alinagar.

Abdul Bari Siddiqui representing JP defeated Harinath Mishra of Congress in 1977 from Bahera, which was the first time he became an MLA.[6]

His son, Anis Bari pursued MBA from Asian Institute of Management, Manila.[7] He is an entrepreneur and runs a start-up based in Delhi[8]

References
  1. "मंत्रिमंडल सचिवालय विभाग" (PDF). csd.bih.nic.in (in Hindi). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Abdul Bari Siddiqui(RJD):Constituency- ALINAGAR(DARBHANGA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  4. "Siddiqui is Leader of Opposition". The Hindu. 4 December 2010.
  5. "People are saying Modiji is a factor in Owaisi's coming here: RJD's Abdul Bari Siddiqui". 28 October 2015.
  6. "Abdul Bari Siddiqui elected Bihar Cricket Association President". Zee News. 23 September 2015.
  7. "Doing fine, miles away from politics - Wards of state politicians make a mark away from papas' field". The Telegraph India. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  8. "Old warhorse in Bihar takes new-age crowdfunding route field". The Telegraph India. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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