Asif Muhammad Khan

Asif Muhammad Khan is an Indian politician and was member of the Fourth and Fifth Legislative Assemblies of Delhi, India. He represented the Okhla constituency and is a member of the Indian National Congress.

Asif Muhammad Khan

Former MLA
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
for Okhla
In office
2009–2015
Preceded byParvez Hashmi
Succeeded byAmanatullah Khan
Personal details
Born (1961-02-08) 8 February 1961
Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
Citizenship India
Nationality India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Mrs. Fehmina Khan
Children1 daughter
ParentsMr. Ashfaque Mohd. Khan (father)[1]
ResidenceNew Delhi
ProfessionFarmer & Politician

Career

Khan contested and won his first election in 1997 from the Okhla ward of Municipal Corporation of Delhi as an independent candidate.[2] He won the election into the Municipal Council for a second term and remained a councillor till 2007. Khan then contested the 2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election from a Rashtriya Janta Dal ticket from Okhla but lost to Parvez Hashmi by only 541 votes.[3] After Hashmi was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, Khan contested the 2009 by-election and became a member of the assembly. He later switched to the Indian National Congress in 2013.[4] He went on to win the seat for a second time in the 2013 Assembly Election. Khan lost the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election and came third.[5] Khan was denied ticket by Congress party in Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 as party chose to field former Okhla MLA Parvez Hashmi.[6]

References
  1. "Asif Mohd. Khan". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. "Delhi State Election Commission". sec.delhigovt.nic.in. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. "GENERAL ELECTION 2008 TO THE 4th DELHI LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REPORT AND STATISTICAL DETAILS" (PDF). 2008.
  4. MuslimMirror (27 August 2013). "Okhla MLA Asif Mohmmad Khan joins Congress". Muslim Mirror. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. "Election to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi from the 54, Okhla Constituency" (PDF). 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. "Congress fields Parvez Hashmi from Okhla; Asif Mohammad Khan to contest as an independent". Newsd www.newsd.in. Retrieved 21 January 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.