Alamgir Alam Explained

Alamgir Alam
Birth Place:Pakur, Jharkhand
Residence:Hundu
Office:Cabinet Minister, Government of Jharkhand
Governor:Draupadi Murmu
Ramesh Bais
C. P. Radhakrishnan
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Hemant Soren
2Blankname:Ministry and Departments
2Namedata:
  • Parliamentary Affairs.
  • Rural development.
Term Start:29 December, 2019
Term End:17 May, 2024
Predecessor:Nilkant Singh Munda
Office3:Leader of Congress Legislative Party(CLP) in Jharkhand Assembly
State:Jharkhand
Term Start3:2014
Office1:Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency1:Pakur
Predecessor1:Aquil Akhtar
Term Start1:2014
Constituency2:Pakur
Successor2:Aquil Akhtar
Term Start2:2000
Term End2:2009
Party:Indian National Congress
Nationality:Indian
Brother:Amirul Alam

Alamgir Alam is an Indian politician. He is a four-term MLA for Pakur constituency in the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha as a member of the Indian National Congress. Alam has been elected to the Jharkhand assembly in the 2000, 2004, 2014 and 2019 elections while he lost in the 2009 elections.[1] Alam served as the Speaker of the Jharkhand assembly between 20 October 2006, and 12 December 2009.[2] [3]

In the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Alam retained his seat, defeating Akil Akhtar, who had previously held the seat following the 2009 elections.[4] Following the elections in which Congress emerged victorious alongside its coalition partners JMM and RJD, Alam was elected the leader of the Congress Legislature Party.[5] On 29 December 2019, Alam was among the initial four members sworn into the state Cabinet along with Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Rameshwar Oraon and Satyanand Bhokta.[6]

He was arrested by the ED. He was arrested after questioning on the second day on money laundering case.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Two ex-Speakers of J'khand Assembly win, present Speaker loses. Business Standard. 23 December 2019. 25 December 2019.
  2. News: Speaker chosen, without election – Legislators' unanimous decision on Alamgir Alam Q Induction of twelfth minister after Nov. 3. 20 October 2016. 29 December 2019. The Telegraph.
  3. Web site: विधानसभा के अध्यक्ष. 29 December 2019. Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  4. News: Election Result 2019 LIVE Candidate, Constituency and Party-Wise Winner List. Firstpost . 23 December 2019.
  5. News: Alamgir Alam elected Jharkhand CLP leader. Business Standard. 23 December 2019.
  6. News: THE MINISTERS OF STATE CABINET. Daily Pioneer. Mrituanjay Kumar. 30 December 2019.
  7. News: Jharkhand's Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam has been arrested by the ED. . live . Prabhat Khabar.