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Moving from Category:Bihar MLAs 2000–2004 to Category:Bihar MLAs 2000–2005 using Cat-a-lot

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{distinguish|text=the Pakistani politician [[Ijaz-ul-Haq]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Azazul Haque
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| image =
| caption =
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2000
| term_end = 2005
| constituency = [[Ziradei (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ziradei]]
| predecessor = Sheo Shanker Yadav
| successor = Shyam Bahadur Singh
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 
| birth_place =
| nationality = Indian
| party = Samras Samaj Party
| otherparty = [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] (2000-2010)
| partner = 
| relations = [[Mohammad Shahabuddin]] (brother-in-law)
| footnotes =
}}
'''Azazul Haque''' is an Indian politician from [[Bihar]]. A two-time [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Ziradei (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ziradei]] constituency (2000-2005), he served as a minister of state in the [[Rabri Devi]] government. He left the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] (RJD) to join Samras Samaj Party in 2010. His name is also transliterated as Ejaz-ul-Haq.

Azazul Haque hails from [[Khalispur, Siwan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/se2000/pollupd/ac/states/S04/Acnstcand32.htm#1 |title= State Elections 2000 |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=2015-07-04 }}</ref> His father's name is Wajid Hussain.<ref name="ECI_Narkatia_2010"/>

Haque won the [[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000 Bihar Assembly elections]] as an RJD candidate from Ziradei. He received 63.2% of the votes, defeating Shyam Bahadur Singh of Samata Party.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/se2000/pollupd/ac/states/S04/Aconst32.htm |title= State Elections 2000: 32-Ziradei Constituency of Bihar |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=2015-07-04 }}</ref> He again won the [[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|February 2005 elections]], he again defeated Singh who fought as a [[Janata Dal (United)]] candidate this time. However, Haque's vote share decreased to 43.66%.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/Feb2005/pollupd/ac/states/S04/Aconst32.htm |title= State Elections February 2005: 32-Ziradei Constituency of Bihar |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=2015-07-04 }}</ref> Haque was a minister of state in the [[Rabri Devi]] government.<ref name="Joy_Telegraph_2015">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/sodomy-slur-on-former-rjd-minister/cid/1339870# |title=Sodomy slur on former RJD minister |author=Joy Sengupta |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=2015-07-04 }}</ref> He was named by gangster Bhupendra Tyagi (aka Awadhesh Tyagi) as the supplier of weapons for use in an alleged plot to kill journalist [[Tarun Tejpal]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110716/jsp/bihar/story_14243800.jsp |title=Alert after Mumbai blasts |date=2011-07-16 |newspaper=The Telegraph }}</ref> Haque was a minister of state in the [[Rabri Devi]] government.<ref name="Joy_Telegraph_2015"/>

Shyam Bahadur Singh defeated Haque in the [[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|October 2005 elections]]. Haque received 32.54% of the votes, compared to Singh's 49.32%.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/Oct2005/pollupd/ac/states/S04/Aconst32.htm |title= State Elections October 2005: 32-Ziradei Constituency of Bihar |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=2015-07-04 }}</ref> Haque resigned from RJD in 2010, after the party denied him a ticket for the [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010 Assembly elections]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/rjd-mla-azazul-haque-announces-resignation-from-party_658909.html |title=RJD MLA Azazul Haque announces resignation from party |publisher=Zee News |date=2010-10-01 }}</ref> He then became the state president of the little-known Samras Samaj Party.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/exbihar-minister-stabbed/article7387564.ece |title=Ex-Bihar Minister stabbed |author=Amarnath Tewary |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2015-07-05 }}</ref> He unsuccessfully contested the 2010 elections from the [[Narkatiya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narkatiya]] constituency, as an [[independent politician|independent]] candidate.<ref name="ECI_Narkatia_2010">{{cite news |url=http://eastchamparan.bih.nic.in/nomination.html |title=Assembly Elections 2010: 12-Narkatia |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=2015-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217172002/http://eastchamparan.bih.nic.in/nomination.html |archive-date=17 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In July 2015, an 18-year-old man Raghvendra Singh [[stabbing|stabbed]] Haque at the latter's apartment in [[Patna]]. Singh then fled with Haque's [[sport utility vehicle|SUV]] and his licensed [[revolver]]. Haque was admitted to hospital with multiple stab wounds, after his neighbours alerted the police. Haque told the police that three robbers had barged into his apartment, and fled away with his SUV, {{INR}} 30,000 in cash and his revolver after stabbing him. The police traced Singh's cellphone to [[Arrah]], and arrested him. During questioning, he claimed that he was employed as a data entry operator by Haque four days prior to the incident. He insisted that he attacked Haque in self-defense, after Haque tried to [[sexual assault|sexually assault]] him. He also stated that he didn't steal any cash or the revolver; the revolver was present in the SUV which he used to escape. The police checked the [[closed-circuit television|CCTV]] footage of Haque's apartment building, and did not find any evidence of three men being involved in the incident, as claimed by Haque.<ref name="Joy_Telegraph_2015"/>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Siwan, Bihar]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2000–2005]]
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Azazul Haque - Revision history

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