Razia Sultana (politician) explained

Razia Sultana
Birth Date:3 February 1966
Birth Place:Malerkotla, Punjab, India
Office:Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab
2Blankname:Ministry and Departments
2Namedata:
  • Social Security
  • Women & Child Development
  • Water Supply & Sanitation
  • Printing & Stationery
Governor:V. P. Singh Badnore
Banwarilal Purohit
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Charanjit Singh Channi
Amarinder Singh
Term Start:16 March 2017
Term End:16 March 2022
Office1:Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency1:Malerkotla
Term Start1:March 2017
Term End1:10 March 2022
Predecessor1:Farzana Alam
Successor1:Mohammad Jamil Ur Rehman
Constituency2:Malerkotla
Term Start2:2002
Term End2:2007
Predecessor2:Nusrat Ali Khan
Successor2:Farzana Alam
Party:Indian National Congress
Spouse:DGP Muhammad Mustafa
Nationality:Indian

Razia Sultana is an Indian politician and was a cabinet minister in the Government of Punjab.[1] She represented Malerkotla in the Punjab Legislative Assembly of which she was the only Muslim member.[2] [3] She has been elected three times in the Punjab Assembly, in 2002, 2007 and 2017.

Personal life

Sultana was born in a middle class Gujjar Muslim family at Malerkotla. She is married to IPS officer Muhammad Mustafa who was former DGP of Punjab. The couple have two children.

Political career

In early 2000, Sultana joined active politics in Punjab. She contested and won the elections for Punjab assembly from Malerkotla in 2002 on an Indian National Congress ticket. Sultana was voted back to the state legislature for a second time in 2007. In 2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, she lost to F. Nesara Khatoon (Farzana Alam).[4] Sultana regained the seat in 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election when she beat her own brother Muhammad Arshad from the Aam Aadmi Party. Sultana is a cabinet minister from the Indian National Congress.

She resigned from her post of cabinet minister in the Punjab Government in Solidarity with Navjot Singh Sidhu on 28 September 2021.[5] [6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministers. Sultana. Razia.
  2. Web site: Malerkotla Muslims want empowerment, not freebies . https://web.archive.org/web/20090227082255/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/09/stories/2007020916480500.htm . dead . 2009-02-27 . Pandher . Sarabjit . 2007-02-09 . . 2009-11-06.
  3. Power ladies . . Vinayak, Ramesh . Gill, Priya . 2009-02-20 . 2009-11-06.
  4. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab . 169.
  5. Web site: Chandigarh. Satender Chauhan. September 29, 2021. Raining resignations in Punjab: Minister resigns, 3 Congress leaders quit party posts in support of Sidhu. 2021-12-22. India Today. en.
  6. News: Razia Sultana resigns from Punjab Cabinet 'in solidarity with Navjot Singh Sidhu'. 2021-09-28. Tribuneindia News Service. en.