Akram Khan (politician)

Akram Khan

Akram Khan
Deputy Speaker of Haryana
Constituency Jagadhri
Assumed office
05 Mar 2010
Personal details
Born (1970-10-10) 10 October 1970
Khizri village, Yamuna Nagar district, Haryana, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Bahujan Samaj Party
Spouse(s) Nahid Khan
Children 2(1 son, 1 daughter)
Occupation Politician
Religion Islam

Akram Khan (Hindi: अकरम खान) (Urdu: اکرم خان‎) (born October 10, 1970) is an Indian politician, a leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the current Deputy Speaker of Haryana.[1] He became the Deputy Speaker of Haryana for the first time in March 2010. In the Haryana assembly elections of 2009, he became the lone MLA of BSP in Haryana. Since 1966, he is the first Muslim deputy speaker of Haryana.[2][3]

Early life

Akram Khan was born to Chaudhri Mohammed Aslam Khan, a renowned politician, in the village of Khizri in the Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana, India. His grandfather Chaudhri Abdul Rashid Khan was also an eminent Gujjar leader of northern Haryana. He is an alumnus of Colonel Brown Cambridge School, Dehradun. He did his B.A. at Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Political career

After the death of his father he continued the family tradition and joined Indian National Congress but he was denied the ticket from Chhachhrauli in 1996 elections. He became a rebel and contested election as an independent and became the member of Haryana Vidhan Sabha in 1996 for the first time. In year 1998-1999 he became the Chairman of Housing Board, Haryana[4] in Bansi Lal Government. In the same Government he became the Minister of State for Home for the year 1999-2000. In 2000 Vidhan Sabha Elections he contested as an independent candidate from Chhachhrauli but got defeated by another Gujjar candidate. But despite the defeat he became the Chairman of Haryana Dairy Development & Coop. Federation Ltd[5] for 2000-2004 due to his closeness to the then Chief Minister of Haryana Om Prakash Chautala. In the same Government he was appointed as Chairman of Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (HARTRON)[6] in 2004-2005. In 2005 elections he contested elections for the first time on a party ticket through INLD but he lost again to his nearest rival. The years 2005-2009 were the only years of his political career when he was not holding any position in Govt. of Haryana. In year 2007, he switched to Bahujan Samaj Party and contested 2009 elections on their ticket from Jagadhri and won with a huge margin. As he is the only MLA of BSP in Haryana, so the anti-defection law is not valid for him. So, he supported the coalition Government of Hooda and became the first Muslim Deputy Speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha on March 5, 2010.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Haryana Assembly_Data". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. ↑ "News Article". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  3. ↑ "official press release" (PDF) (Press release). Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  4. ↑ "tribune news". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  5. ↑ "The Tribune". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  6. ↑ "TOI Report". The Times Of India. July 1, 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Haryana Assembly". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  8. ↑ "The Times Of India". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
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