Alamgir Alam Explained

Alamgir Alam
Birth Place:Pakur, Jharkhand
Residence:Pakur
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 (born 1950) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is a four-term MLA for Pakur Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha. He was elected to the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly in the 2000, 2005, 2014 and 2019 elections.[1] He also served as the Speaker of the Jharkhand assembly between 20 October 2006, and 12 December 2009.[2] [3]

Early life and education

Alam is from Pakur, Pakur District, Jharkhand. He is the son of Sanaul Haque. He completed his B.Sc. in 1974 at Sahibganj College, which is affiliated with Bhagalpur University.[4]

Career

Alam retained his seat in the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, defeating Akil Akhtar, who in 2009 elections.[5] After the elections, in which Congress emerged victorious in coalition with JMM and RJD, Alam was elected as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party.[6] 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.[7]

Earlier, he first became an MLA winning the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election and retained the Pakur seat for the first time in the newly formed Jharkhand state in the 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election defeating Beni Prasad Gupta of the BJP, by a margin of 25,736 votes. Later, he won again in the 2014 and became a four time MLA winning in 2019. In between, he lost the 2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election.

He was arrested by the ED on alleged charges in a money laundering case.[8]

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. Web site: Alamgir Alam(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- PAKUR(PAKUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . 2024-10-25 . myneta.info.
  5. News: Election Result 2019 LIVE Candidate, Constituency and Party-Wise Winner List. Firstpost . 23 December 2019.
  6. News: Alamgir Alam elected Jharkhand CLP leader. Business Standard. 23 December 2019.
  7. News: THE MINISTERS OF STATE CABINET. Daily Pioneer. Mrituanjay Kumar. 30 December 2019.
  8. News: Jharkhand's Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam has been arrested by the ED. . Prabhat Khabar.