Abdul Hafeez Khan Explained

Abdul Hafeez Khan
Office:Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency:Kurnool
Term Start:2019
Predecessor:S. V. Mohan Reddy
Successor:T. G. Bharath
Party:YSR Congress Party

Mohammed Abdul Hafeez Khan is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He has been a member of the YSR Congress Party since 2011 and represented Kurnool Assembly Constituency. He won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Early life and education

Hafeez khan was born in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh on January 31, 1977. He finished his secondary education in Montessori School and his intermediate, he pre university course, from Osmania College. Later, he did bachelors in Civil Engineering from Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology and a Masters in Computer Information Systems from University of Detroit Mercy. He graduated in the year of 2003 and continued working in the software industry in the USA till 2011.

Political career

Hafeez Khan joined as a district steering committee member of YSRCP in 2011 and then became the convenor of the District Minority Committee in 2012. Later, he served as a central executive council member in 2013. In 2016, he became the Assembly Incharge. He was made the Additional Special Representative from Andhra Pradesh to the Middle East and Far East Countries for business development and investments in 2021.

He became an MLA for the first time winning the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election defeating T. G. Bharath of Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 5,353 votes. He polled 72,819 votes representing a 47.70% share of the votes in the constituency.

Service during pandemic

Khan led by example as he carried bodies of COVID 19 victims and buried them.[5] In August 2020, during the peak of the pandemic, he helped perform last rites for many victims. He also made sure that the Kurnool Municipal Corporation performed the last rites as per their respective religion. Three burial sites were identified for different religions.[6] [7]

References

  1. Web site: Abdul Hafeez Khan Mohammed(YSRCP):Constituency- KURNOOL(KURNOOL) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:. myneta.info. 2019-07-12.
  2. Web site: Kurnool Assembly seat to witness tug of war between YSRCP, TDP. Kumar. K. Narendra. 2019-04-01. www.thehansindia.com. en. 2019-07-12.
  3. News: It’s Bharath verses Hafeez in battle for Kurnool seat. Staff Reporter. 2019-03-26. The Hindu. 2019-07-12. en-IN. 0971-751X.
  4. Web site: Kurnool Election Results 2019 Live Updates. News18. 2019-07-12.
  5. News: Correspondent . Special . 2020-08-01 . COVID-19 Kurnool MLA conducts last rites of virus victim . 2024-05-25 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  6. Web site: archive . From our online . 2020-08-02 . Andhra Pradesh MLA MA Hafeez Khan performs last rites of coronavirus victim . 2024-05-25 . The New Indian Express . en.
  7. News: 2020-07-28 . Andhra Pradesh: MLA Hafeez Khan prompts Kurnool Corporation to perform final rites of Covid-19 victims . 2024-05-25 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.