Mohammed Taslimuddin
| Taslimuddin | |
|---|---|
| MP | |
| Constituency | Araria |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 January 1943 Araria, Bihar |
| Political party | RJD |
| Children | 4 sons and 5 daughters |
| Residence | Araria |
| As of 12 August, 2015 | |
Taslimuddin is an Indian politician and a senior Leader of RJD who is currently MP in 16th Lok Sabha.
Born in a poor peasant family in a nondescript village of SISAUNA , JOKIHAT in ARARIA district, TASLIMUDDIN was elected MLA as well as MP on seven and five occasions, respectively.Between 1969 to 1996, he was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly seven times. In between, in 1989, he became a member of the 9th Lok Sabha. He has been a member of the 11th (1996), 12th(1998), 14th Lok Sabha (2004) & 16th Lok Sabhas (2014).
Taslimuddin is the only political figure who has represented Araria, Jokihat and Kishanganj Assembly segments successfully for one or more occasion. He has represented Purnia and Kishanganj , Araria parliamentary constituencies too. He was elected MP from Purnia on a Janata Dal ticket in 1989. He lost the 1991 lok sabha seat from kishaganj . He, however, bounced back by winning the Jokihat seat in 1995 as Samajwadi Party nominee & the Kishanganj parliamentary seat in 1996.
He has been Appointed junior minister of Home Affairs in the Deve Gowda government. He was the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in UPA1.
Taslimuddin again won in 1998 LS polls from Kishanganj on an RJD ticket, defeating BJP's Shahnawaz Hussain by more than 2 lakh votes. But he conceded the seat to Shahnawaz Hussain in 1999 only to win back the seat from Shahnawaz, his political bete noire, in 2004. He was soon appointed a minister of state in UPA 1. But, his extremely chequered political life halted at the tracks when he lost the 2009 LS polls. Mohammed Taslimuddin son Sarfaraz Alam is a JDU MLA from Jokihat & relative, Saba Zafar is a BJP MLA from the Amour Vidhan Sabha constituency.
Taslimuddin has a great penchant for literary jamborees, mushiaras and cultural soirees. He has enormous respect for litterateurs, poets and men with literary flavour, and loves to bask in the company of literati.
Taslimuddin said, "My lack of knowledge of English was a great impediment. Otherwise, I was always comfortable with bureaucrats and others."
"I have never compromised on my principles and will fight hair and nail for the poor and the deprived," he says with a sense of pride.
References
https://auldtimer.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/on-an-old-shourie-article-and-its-relevance-today/