Asif Muhammad Khan Explained

Asif Muhammad Khan
Honorific-Suffix:Former MLA
Constituency Am:Okhla
Assembly:Delhi Legislative
Term Start:2009
Term End:2015
Predecessor:Parvez Hashmi
Successor:Amanatullah Khan
Birth Date:1961 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality: India
Spouse:Mrs. Fehmina Khan
Party:Indian National Congress
Children:Ariba Khan (daughter)
Residence:New Delhi
Profession:Farmer & Politician
Parents:Mr. Ashfaque Mohd. Khan (father)[1]
Citizenship: India

Asif Muhammad Khan (born 8 February 1961) is an Indian politician and was member of the Fourth and Fifth Legislative Assemblies of Delhi, India. He represented the Okhla constituency and is a member of the Indian National Congress. Asif is the younger brother of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.

Early life and family

Asif Khan was born on 8 February 1961 in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh.

His daughter Ariba Khan is Counsellor of Abul Fazal ward (Okhla) in MCD since 2022.

Career

Khan contested and won his first election in 1997 from the Okhla ward of Municipal Corporation of Delhi as an independent candidate.[2] He won the election into the Municipal Council for a second term and remained a councillor till 2007. Khan then contested the 2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election from a Rashtriya Janta Dal ticket from Okhla but lost to Parvez Hashmi by only 541 votes.[3] After Hashmi was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, Khan contested the 2009 by-election and became a member of the assembly. He later switched to the Indian National Congress in 2013.[4] He went on to win the seat for a second time in the 2013 Assembly Election. Khan lost the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election and came third.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asif Mohd. Khan. 2020-12-18. delhiassembly.nic.in.
  2. Web site: Delhi State Election Commission. 2020-12-18. sec.delhigovt.nic.in.
  3. Web site: 2008. GENERAL ELECTION 2008 TO THE 4th DELHI LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REPORT AND STATISTICAL DETAILS. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130119040155/http://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/PastElections/StatReport2008.pdf . 19 January 2013 . PDF.
  4. Web site: MuslimMirror. 2013-08-27. Okhla MLA Asif Mohmmad Khan joins Congress. 2020-12-18. Muslim Mirror. en-US.
  5. Web site: 2015. Election to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi from the 54, Okhla Constituency. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160611080657/http://ceodelhi.gov.in/OnlineERMS/FORM20/AC-54.pdf . 11 June 2016 . 19 December 2020. PDF.