Amanatullah Khan

Amanatullah Khan is an Indian politician and is member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and represents Okhla (Assembly constituency) of Delhi.[3] Khan is the elected chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board since November 2020.[4]

Amanatullah Khan
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
for Okhla
Assumed office
February 2015
Preceded byAsif Muhammad Khan
Personal details
Born (1974-01-10) January 10, 1974[1]
Agwanpur, Meerut[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Other political
affiliations		Lok Jan Shakti Party
Spouse(s)Shafia Khan[1]
Children2
Alma materJamia Millia Islamia[2]
Profession
  • Businessperson
  • politician

Life and education

Amanatullah Khan was born in Agwanpur village, Meerut district to Waliullah Khan. He attended the Jamia Millia Islamia but did not complete his degree. He is educated till twelfth grade, which he passed in 1992–93.[1][2] He is married to Shafia Khan and has a son and a daughter.[1]

Political career

Amanatullah Khan is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. His term as MLA in the Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi is his second term. He defeated Braham Singh of BJP by a margin of 71,664 votes in the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. Khan had also contested elections for the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi and won. Khan first contested in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election as a Lok Jan Shakti Party candidate but lost the election managing to get only 3600 Votes.[5][6][7]

Controversy

On 20 July 2016, a woman filed a case against Khan for allegedly threatening her with dire consequences. A case was registered against Khan under section 506 of IPC at the Jamia Nagar Police station in South Delhi. Delhi Police on 24 July 2016 arrested Khan.[8] On 28 July 2016 Khan got bail, the court asked Khan to furnish a personal bond of 50,000 Indian Rupees and a surety of same amount.[9]

On 18 April 2017, Khan alleged that Indian National Congress supporters were firing at him when the INC and AAP clashed with each other in the Jamia Nagar area ahead of local municipal elections.[10]

On 3 May 2017, Khan was suspended for attacking Kumar Vishwas after Khan was forced to resign from the AAP's political affairs committee to make room for Vishwas.[11]

On 28 January 2018, an FIR was lodged against Khan for allegedly beating up social worker Syed Faizan Sarkar, who is associated with the Indian National Congress.[12]

On 20 February 2018, a case was filed against Khan and fellow legislator Prakash Jarwal for assaulting Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash.[13]

Posts held
#FromToPositionComments
012015-Member, Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
022020-Member, Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi

See also

References
  1. "Member Profile". U.P. Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. "Election result". Election commission of India. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. PTI (19 November 2020). "AAP's Amanatullah Khan Elected As Chairman Of Delhi Waqf Board". NDTV. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. "Comprehensive Election results". Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  6. "2013 election". myneta.info. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  7. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  8. "AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan arrested for threatening woman". Indian Express. IANS. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  9. "AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan gets bail". Economic Times. PTI. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  10. "AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan claims Congress workers fired at him". 20 April 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  11. "AAP crisis: AAP keeps Kumar Vishwas, suspends MLA Amanatullah Khan | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  12. "Clash between AAP MLA and Congress social worker, two FIRs lodged". The Hindu. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  13. "Delhi Chief Secretary 'assault': AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal granted bail by Delhi High Court". 9 March 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.


State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
?		 Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
from Okhla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2020–		 Incumbent


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