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{{Short description|Indian politician}}{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member of the [[Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly]]
| birth_date = 6 May 1955
| birth_place = Lilihat, [[Prayagraj]]
| party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| term_start = 2002
| term_end = 2007
| termend2 = 2012
| termstart2 = 2007
| nationality = [[India]]n
| spouse = Shabana Parveen
| parents = Mohammad Iliyas (father)
| education = [[Graduate]]
}}

'''Mohammad Mujtaba Siddiqui''' ([[Hindi]]: मोहम्मद मुजतबा सिद्दीकी, born 6 May 1955) is an Indian politician. He was the member of 14th and [[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|15th Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly]] from [[Pratappur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency|Pratappur assembly constituency]] in Prayagraj district Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mohd Mujtaba Siddiqui, BSP MLA from Pratappur - Our Neta |url=https://ourneta.com/neta/mohd-mujtaba-siddiqui/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info |url=https://upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=19770 |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-15 |title=Expelled BSP MLAs meet Akhilesh Yadav, likely to join SP ahead of 2022 UP elections |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/expelled-bsp-mlas-meet-akhilesh-yadav-likely-to-join-sp-2022-up-elections-7360326/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Mujtaba was born to Mohammad Iliyas in 1955 at Lilihat a village of Pryagraj district. Mujtaba's primary education took place in a school in the village itself.<ref>{{Cite web |title=यूपी विधानसभा चुनाव 2022 : मुज्तबा सिद्दीकी और हाकिमलाल बिंद की बदल सकती है सीट |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/up-assembly-election-2022-mujtaba-siddiqui-and-hakimlal-bind-s-seat-may-change-will-contest-from-gangapar |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-06-15 |title=Five BSP rebel MLAs meet Akhilesh, trigger speculations of switch-over |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-5-suspended-bsp-mlas-meet-akhilesh-yadav-may-join-sp/articleshow/83538325.cms |access-date=2023-10-01 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Mujtaba was elected a member of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for the first time in February 2002 and for the second time in the general elections of April 2007 on the ticket of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]. He was Gram Pradhan of Gram Sabha Lilhat, Phulpur Allahabad, from 1988 to 1994 and District Organisation Minister of [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] from District Allahabad.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saldanha |first=Alison |date=2017-03-14 |title=Muslims In UP Assembly Down To 5.9%, From 17.1% In 2012 |url=https://www.indiaspend.com/muslims-in-up-assembly-down-to-5-9-from-17-1-in-2012-2012/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=www.indiaspend.com |language=en}}</ref> Later, he was a member of the Joint Committee on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Denotified Castes of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (2007–2008) and (2008–2009). I was also a member of the Samprati Question and Reference Committee (2009–2010).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mohd Mujtaba Siddiqui(Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)):Constituency- PRATAPPUR(ALLAHABAD) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=885 |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012]]
[[Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians]]

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