Asif Muhammad Khan

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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 (age 60)
Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
Citizenship India
Nationality India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Mrs. Fehmina Khan
Children1 daughter
Parent(s)Mr. Ashfaque Mohd. Khan (father)[1]
ResidenceNew Delhi
ProfessionFarmer & Politician

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.

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 http://www.newsd.in. Retrieved 21 January 2020. External link in |work= (help)


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