Asif Muhammad Khan: Difference between revisions

Khan contested and won his first election in 1997 from the Okhla ward of [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]] as an independent candidate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Delhi State Election Commission|url=http://sec.delhigovt.nic.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_dsec/Delhi+State+Election+Commission/Home/Reports/General+Election+to+DMC1997/Candidate+wise+Result|access-date=2020-12-18|website=sec.delhigovt.nic.in}}</ref> 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|2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election]] from a [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|Rashtriya Janta Dal]] ticket from Okhla but lost to [[Parvez Hashmi]] by only 541 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2008|title=GENERAL ELECTION 2008 TO THE 4th DELHI LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REPORT AND STATISTICAL DETAILS|url=https://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/PastElections/StatReport2008.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=|format=PDF}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=MuslimMirror|date=2013-08-27|title=Okhla MLA Asif Mohmmad Khan joins Congress|url=http://muslimmirror.com/eng/okhla-mla-asif-mohmmad-khan-joins-congress/|access-date=2020-12-18|website=Muslim Mirror|language=en-US}}</ref> He went on to win the seat for a second time in the [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2013 Assembly Election]]. Khan lost the [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election]] and came third.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015|title=Election to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi from the 54, Okhla Constituency|url=https://ceodelhi.gov.in/OnlineERMS/FORM20/AC-54.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=19 December 2020|website=|format=PDF}}</ref> Khan was denied ticket by Congress party in Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 as party chose to field former Okhla MLA Parvez Hashmi.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newsd.in/heartbreak-for-asif-mohammad-khan-supporters-as-congress-fields-parvez-hashmi-from-okhla/|title=Congress fields Parvez Hashmi from Okhla; Asif Mohammad Khan to contest as an independent|work=Newsd http://www.newsd.in|access-date=2020-01-21|language=en}}</ref>