Baba Siddique: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Indian politician (1958–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2024}}

| name                = Baba Ziauddin Siddique

| image              = Baba Siddique Diwali bash (cropped).jpg

| caption            = Siddique in 2021

| residence          = [[Bandra|C-858/57, Ambedkar Road, Mumbai West]]

| death_place        = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India

| party              = [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (February–October 2024)

| nationality        = [[Indian people|Indian]]

| alma_mater          = [[M. M. K. College]]

| spouse              = Shehzeen Siddique

| children            = 2, including [[Zeeshan Siddique|Zeeshan]]

| office              = [[Second Vilasrao Deshmukh ministry|Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies (FDA) and Labour]],<br/>[[Government of Maharashtra]]

| term_start          = 9 November 2004

| term_end            = 1 December 2008

| 1blankname          = Chief Minister

| 1namedata          = [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]

| office2            = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]

| constituency2      = [[Vandre West Assembly constituency|Vandre West]]

| term_start2        = 2009

| term_end2           = 2014

| term_start3        = 1999

| term_end3          = 2009

| successor3          = ''constituency dissolved''

| constituency3      = [[Vandre Assembly constituency|Vandre]]

| office4             = [[All India Congress Committee|Member of Parliamentary Board]] in [[Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee]]

| term_start4         = 19 May 2019

| term_end4           = 8 February 2024

| otherparty          = [[Indian National Congress]] (1976–2024)

| termstart6          = 15 October 2014

| termend6            = 8 February 2024

| office6            = Chairperson and Senior Vice President of [[Mumbai Regional Congress Committee]]

| office7            = Chairman of [[Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority]] (MHADA)

| office8            = [[Mumbai Municipal Corporation|Councillor of Mumbai Municipal Corporation]]

| term_start8        = 1993

| term_end8          = 2003

'''Baba Ziauddin Siddique''' (13 September 1958 – 12 October 2024) was an Indian politician who was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the state of [[Maharashtra]] for the [[Vandre West Assembly constituency]].<ref>Maharashtra Online [http://www.maharashtraonline.in/About/Administration/MLAs.html "Members of the Legislative Assembly: Maharashtra"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507031658/http://www.maharashtraonline.in/About/Administration/MLAs.html |date=7 May 2013 }}. Retrieved 22 June 2013.</ref> He was the MLA for three consecutive terms in 1999, 2004 and 2009, and had also served as Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies (FDA) and Labour under [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]] [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] between 2004 and 2008.

Siddique had also served as Municipal Corporator earlier for two consecutive terms between 1992 and 1997. Before his death, he served as the Chairperson & Senior Vice President of the [[Mumbai Regional Congress Committee]] & Parliamentary Board of the [[Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee]]. On 8 February 2024, he resigned from the primary membership of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baba Siddique announcement regarding resignation from INC |url=https://twitter.com/BabaSiddique/status/1755456516746850437}}</ref> He later joined the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] led by [[Ajit Pawar]] on 12 February 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baba Siddique X announcement regarding joining NCP |url=https://twitter.com/BabaSiddique/status/1756904116733780418}}</ref>

Siddique was shot dead on the night of 12 October 2024 between 9:15 pm to 9:30 pm in front of his son [[Zeeshan Siddique|Zeeshan]]'s office.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mallick |first=India TV News |last2=Mallick |first2=India TV |date=12 October 2024 |title=Baba Siddique, who was shot at in Mumbai, dies, confirms Lilavati Hospital |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/maharashtra/baba-siddique-ncp-leader-who-was-shot-at-in-mumbai-dies-lilavati-hospital-mumbai-police-arrest-eknath-shinde-latest-updates-2024-10-12-956840 |access-date=12 October 2024 |website=www.indiatvnews.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Politician Baba Siddique Known for Grand Bollywood Iftar Parties Shot Dead! |url= https://www.outfable.com/india/politician-baba-siddique-known-for-grand-bollywood-iftar-parties-shot-dead/ |access-date=13 October 2024 |website=outfable.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1k7y4ywx2jo|title=Indian politician Baba Siddique shot dead in Mumbai|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/7086422/baba-siddique-indian-politician-killed-in-mumbai/|title=Indian Politician Known For His Close Ties With Bollywood Is Killed in Mumbai|publisher=Time Magazine}}</ref>

 

Ziauddin Siddique, also known as Baba Siddique, joined the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC), as a teenager, in 1977. He participated in various students' movements of the time as a member of the Mumbai chapter of the [[National Students Union of India]] — the students wing of the INC. He went on to become the General Secretary of the Bandra Taluka of the Bandra Youth Congress in 1980 and was elected its president within the next two years. In 1988, he became president of the Mumbai Youth Congress. Four years later he was elected a Municipal Councilor in the [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation|Mumbai Municipal Corporation]] and was re-elected to the position five years later. He became an MLA in 1999 from the Bandra West Assembly Constituency. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2009, serving three consecutive terms. Siddique was also appointed Chairman of the [[Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority|MHADA]] Mumbai Board by the [[Government of Maharashtra]] to serve from 2000 to 2004. He was also appointed Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour, FDA and Consumer Protection for the Government of Maharashtra and served from 2004 to 2008. In 2011, he funded the creation of an Eco-Garden in Bandra-Khar.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Bandra-Khar-locals-get-a-green-Christmas-present/articleshow/11249770.cms|title=Bandra-Khar locals get a green Christmas present|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=26 December 2011|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/narayan-rane-may-run-for-council-polls/|title=Narayan Rane may run for council polls|date=6 October 2015}}</ref>

 

== Positions held ==

*Member of the National Students Union of India (Mumbai) (1977)

*General Secretary of the Bandra Taluka of the Bandra Youth Congress (1980)

*President of the Bandra Taluka of the Bandra Youth Congress (1982)

*Municipal Councilor in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (1993–1998), (1998–2003)

*Member of legislative Assembly (MLA) - (1999–2004), (2004–2009) and (2009–2014)

*Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour and FDA, (2004–2008)

*Chairman, MHADA Mumbai Board (2000–2004)

*Chairperson & Senior Vice President of the [[Mumbai Regional Congress Committee]] (2014)

Baba Siddique was married to Shehzeen Siddique. They had two children; a daughter, Arshia Siddique, and a son, [[Zeeshan Siddique]].

 

Baba Siddique was shot on 12 October 2024 by three attackers in Mumbai. He was then rushed to [[Lilavati Hospital]] where he was declared dead. He was 66 years old. Sources said three bullets were fired at Siddique around 9:30 pm near the office of his son, Zeeshan, who is the MLA of Bandra East. Two people were taken into custody,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/maharashtra-ex-minister-baba-siddique-shot-at-in-mumbai-6775514|title=Maharashtra Ex Minister Baba Siddique Shot At In Mumbai|publisher=NDTV}}</ref> identified as Gurmail Baljit Singh from [[Haryana]] and Dharmaraj Rajesh Kashyap from [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The police have named two more suspects, Shiv Kumar from [[Uttar Pradesh]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 October 2024 |title=Baba Siddique murder accused found hiding in bushes before arrest |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/baba-siddique-murder-killing-accused-found-hiding-bushes-before-arrest-video-gunshot-shot-dead-2616118-2024-10-13 |access-date=13 October 2024 |work=[[India Today]]}}</ref> and Mohammad Zeeshan Akhtar.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 October 2024 |title=Baba Siddique killer's mother, grandmother break silence: 'Kill him, we have nothing to do...' |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/baba-siddique-killers-mother-grandmother-break-silence-kill-him-we-have-nothing-to-do-11728819258701.html |access-date=13 October 2024 |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]}}</ref> The [[Mumbai Police]] have confirmed that the gang led by [[Lawrence Bishnoi]], currently lodged in [[Tihar jail]], was involved in the assassination.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lawrence Bishnoi's Gang Claims Responsibility For Baba Siddique's Murder |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/baba-siddique-murder-lawrence-bishnois-gang-claims-responsibility-for-baba-siddiques-murder-6778557 |access-date=13 October 2024 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

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[[Category:Assassinated national legislators]]