Asim Ahmed Khan

Asim Ahmed Khan
असीम अहमद खान
MLA, 06th Legislative Assembly, Delhi
Assumed office
Feb 2015
Preceded by Shoaib Iqbal
Constituency Matia Mahal
Personal details
Born Asim Ahmed Khan
(1976-03-20) March 20, 1976[1]
Delhi, India[1]
Nationality  Indian
Political party Aam Aadmi Party[1]
Spouse(s) Lubna Sadaf (wife)[1]
Children 1 son & 2 daughters
Parents Shamim Ahmed Khan (father)[1]
Alma mater Chaudhary Charan Singh University[2]
Profession Businessperson & Politician
Religion Islam[1]

Asim Ahmed Khan is an Indian politician (Delhi State), who was the minister of Food and Civil Supply, Environment and Forest, Minority affairs and Election in the Delhi government. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and represents Matia Mahal (Assembly constituency) in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.[3] In 2015, Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sacked the cabinet minister Asim Ahmed Khan on charges of corruption.[4]

Early life and education

Asim Ahmed Khan was born in Delhi. He attended the Chaudhary Charan Singh University and attained Bachelor of Arts degree.[1][2]

Politics

Asim Ahmed Khan is a member of the minority wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).[5] He contested the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections in 2012 and got 6,300 votes. The AAP party website states that he has worked for 12 years in Old Delhi area and participated in numerous social activities.[6]

Khan contested Matia Mahal (Assembly constituency) in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections as an AAP candidate. He raises issues of education and health in his campaign.[6] Khan won the seat with 47,584 votes. He defeated five-time MLA Shoaib Iqbal (who fought on an Indian National Congress - INC - ticket) by a margin of 26,096 votes.[7][8] Khan was "the less acknowledged 'giant killers'". Khan - who had a "poor experience in politics" - was expected to lose Iqbal, who won five times despite switching political parties four times. Iqbal had won the 2013 elections on a Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) ticket.[5][9] The AAP won 67 of the total 70 seats in the Delhi assembly.

Khan is one of four Muslim MLAs of the AAP.[9] The Economic Times described Khan as "key" to AAP, which won 80% of the Muslim vote.[5] Khan and the AAP's minority wing were responsible for deflecting the Muslim votes - who traditionally voted for the Congress - to the AAP, which led to the AAP's decisive victory.[10]

Khan was sworn as a cabinet minister under the chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on 14 February 2015. He was put in charge of Food and Civil Supply, Environment and Forest, Minority affairs and Election ministries.[10][11] On 9 October 2015, Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sacked the cabinet minister Asim Ahmed Khan on charges of corruption. [4]

Alleged threats from Arvind Kejriwal

Asim Ahmed Khan, alleged that he and his family are facing “death threats” from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and some of his partymen. “For 9-10 months I have been facing death threats and even my family is at risk .Kejriwal and some of his partymen are hatching a conspiracy to get me killed,” Khan alleged at a press conference.[12][13]

Posts Held

# From To Position Comments
01 2015 - Member, Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Member Profile". U.P. Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved Oct 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. 1 2 "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved Oct 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ "Election result". Election commission of India. Retrieved Feb 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. 1 2 http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-food-minister-asim-ahmed-khan-sacked-on-charges-of-corruption/article7743224.ece
  5. 1 2 3 "Meet Arvind Kejriwal's 6 trusted men likely to make youngest cabinet in India". Economic Times. 13 Feb 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Asim Ahmed Khan". AAP official site. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Election Result". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Assembly Elections 2015 Results, Election Commission of India
  9. 1 2 "Delhi election: Four Muslim faces in newly-elected state Assembly". Firstpost. Feb 10, 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  10. 1 2 Press Trust of India (February 15, 2015). "Aam Aadmi Party's Asim Ahmed Khan Gets Cabinet Berth". NDTV. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "AAP ki sarkaar: India's youngest cabinet". Rediff. February 14, 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  12. ↑ http://www.india.com/news/india/facing-death-threat-from-arvind-kejriwal-his-men-sacked-aap-mla-asim-ahmed-khan-1366604/
  13. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/AAP-MLA-alleges-death-threats-from-Kejriwal-and-aides/articleshow/53436985.cms
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