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|primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| term_end1           = 6 July 2022
|predecessor1=[[Najma Heptullah]]
| primeminister1     = [[Narendra Modi]]
|office2 = Deputy Leader of the House in [[Rajya Sabha]]
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|term_start2 = 19 July 2021  
| successor1          = [[Smriti Irani]]
|leader2 = [[Piyush Goyal]]
| office2             = [[Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha|Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha]]
|predecessor2 = [[Piyush Goyal]]
| term_start2         = 19 July 2021
|office4 = [[Ministry of Minority Affairs (India)|Minister of State for Minority Affairs]]
| term_end2          = 4 July 2022
|minister4 =[[Najma Heptullah]]
| leader2             = [[Piyush Goyal]]
|term_start4= 26 May 2014
| predecessor2       = Piyush Goyal
|term_end4 = 12 July 2016
| successor2          = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
|primeminister4 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| office4             = [[Ministry of Minority Affairs (India)|Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs]]
|predecessor4 =[[Ninong Ering]]
| minister4           = [[Najma Heptullah]]
|successor4= [[Virendra Kumar]]
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| term_end4           = 12 July 2016
|minister5=[[M.Venkaiah Naidu]]<br>[[Ananth Kumar]]
| predecessor4       = [[Ninong Ering]]
|term_start5 = 26 May 2014
| successor4         = [[Virendra Kumar Khatik|Virendra Kumar]]
|term_end5 = 3 September 2017
| office5             = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs]]
|primeminister5 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| minister5           = [[M.Venkaiah Naidu]]<br>[[Ananth Kumar]]
|predecessor5 = [[V Narayanasamy]]  
| term_start5         = 26 May 2014
|successor5 = [[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]]
| term_end5           = 3 September 2017
|office6 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| predecessor5       = [[V Narayanasamy]]
|term_start6 = 8 July 2016
| successor5         = [[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]]
|term_end6 =
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|constituency6= [[Jharkhand]]
| term_start6         = 8 July 2016
|predecessor6 = [[M. J. Akbar]]
| term_end6           = 4 July 2022
|successor6 =  
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|term_start7 = 5 July 2010
| predecessor6       = [[M. J. Akbar]]
|term_end7 = 4 July 2016
| successor6         = [[Aditya Sahu]]
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|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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|alma_mater = [[Asian Academy of Film & Television|Asian Academy of Higher Studies, Noida]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aaft.com/schoolofmasscommunication/alumni/|title=Alumni - Mass Communication Colleges in Delhi India - AAFT Mass communication - Top Mass Communication College in India - AAFT School of Mass Communication|website=aaft.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313215119/http://aaft.com/schoolofmasscommunication/alumni/|archive-date=13 March 2017|access-date=13 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://myneta.info/ls2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=8639 |title=MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Rampur(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |access-date=13 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313215041/http://myneta.info/ls2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=8639 |archive-date=13 March 2017  }}</ref>
| term_end8          = 25 November 2008
|spouse = Seema Naqvi
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| alma_mater         = Bishop Johnson School<br>Asian Academy of Higher Studies, [[Noida]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aaft.com/schoolofmasscommunication/alumni/|title=Alumni - Mass Communication Colleges in Delhi India - AAFT Mass communication - Top Mass Communication College in India - AAFT School of Mass Communication|website=aaft.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313215119/http://aaft.com/schoolofmasscommunication/alumni/|archive-date=13 March 2017|access-date=13 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://myneta.info/ls2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=8639 |title=MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Rampur(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |access-date=13 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313215041/http://myneta.info/ls2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=8639 |archive-date=13 March 2017  }}</ref>
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'''Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi''' (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician and the Deputy Leader of the House in [[Rajya Sabha]] and [[Ministry of Minority Affairs|Union Minister of Minority Affairs.]]
'''Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi''' (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician and was the [[Ministry of Minority Affairs|Union Minister of Minority Affairs]]. He had served as a [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 2002 to 2022<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/mukhtar-abbas-naqvi.html | title=Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history }}</ref> and was Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha between 2021 and 2022.
 
Naqvi was a Member of Parliament in the [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]] from 2010 to 2016 and from [[Jharkhand]] from 2016 to 2022.


== Early and personal life ==
== Early and personal life ==
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== Political career ==
== Political career ==
Naqvi was jailed at the age of 17 in 1975 during the period of [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]] at the Naini Central Jail in [[Allahabad district|Allahabad]] due to his political activities. As a student leader, he had also participated in the activities of the [[Janata Party]].<ref name="Naqvi">{{citation |title=Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Muslim face of BJP, stages a comeback |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-09/news/55917828_1_mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-bjp-legislative-assembly |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=9 November 2014}}</ref> Naqvi unsuccessfully contested elections for the legislative assembly of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1980 as a candidate of [[Janata Party (Secular)]]. He also contested elections as an independent candidate in [[1980 Indian general election|1980 Lok Sabha elections]] from the [[Ayodhya]] constituency.<ref name="Naqvi"/> He was elected to the [[1998 Indian general election|1998 Lok Sabha]] from [[Rampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lok Sabha]], and subsequently given the post of Minister of State for [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] in the [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] government.<ref name="Naqvi"/>
Naqvi was jailed at the age of 17 in 1975 during the period of [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]] at the Naini Central Jail in [[Allahabad district|Allahabad]] due to his political activities. As a student leader, he had also participated in the activities of the [[Janata Party]].<ref name="Naqvi">{{citation |title=Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Muslim face of BJP, stages a comeback |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-09/news/55917828_1_mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-bjp-legislative-assembly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205072741/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-09/news/55917828_1_mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-bjp-legislative-assembly |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2014 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=9 November 2014}}</ref> Naqvi unsuccessfully contested elections for the legislative assembly of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1980 as a candidate of [[Janata Party (Secular)]]. He also contested elections as an independent candidate in [[1980 Indian general election|1980 Lok Sabha elections]] from the [[Ayodhya]] constituency.<ref name="Naqvi"/> He was elected to the [[1998 Indian general election|1998 Lok Sabha]] from [[Rampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lok Sabha]], and subsequently given the post of Minister of State for [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] with additional charge of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (2001-2003) in the [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] government.<ref name="Naqvi"/>


He was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2016.<ref>{{citation |title=Rajya Sabha polls: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Mahesh Poddar win in Jharkhand |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/rajya-sabha-polls-mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-mahesh-poddar-jharkhand-bjp-2847742 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=11 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612121346/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/rajya-sabha-polls-mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-mahesh-poddar-jharkhand-bjp-2847742/ |archive-date=12 June 2016  }}</ref>
He was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2016.<ref>{{citation |title=Rajya Sabha polls: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Mahesh Poddar win in Jharkhand |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/rajya-sabha-polls-mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-mahesh-poddar-jharkhand-bjp-2847742 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=11 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612121346/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/rajya-sabha-polls-mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-mahesh-poddar-jharkhand-bjp-2847742/ |archive-date=12 June 2016  }}</ref>
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=== BJP and RSS ===
=== BJP and RSS ===
Naqvi has said that [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] are two "separate entities" and each of them has different views on different issues.<ref>{{cite news|title=BJP minority leader defends party|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/10/21/stories/02210008.htm|access-date=25 November 2015|date=21 October 2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511134528/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/10/21/stories/02210008.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=11 May 2018}}</ref> According to him RSS is a nationalist organization and not an "anti-national organisation" one.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hindu or Muslim, if anyone tries to create atmosphere of fear, the public will reject them: Naqvi|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/if-the-rss-has-a-negative-agenda-we-have-nothing-to-do-with-it/|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=25 November 2015|date=14 January 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210195334/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/if-the-rss-has-a-negative-agenda-we-have-nothing-to-do-with-it/|archive-date=10 December 2015}}</ref>
Naqvi has said that [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] are two "separate entities" and each of them has different views on different issues.<ref>{{cite news|title=BJP minority leader defends party|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/10/21/stories/02210008.htm|access-date=25 November 2015|date=21 October 2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511134528/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/10/21/stories/02210008.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=11 May 2018}}</ref> According to him RSS is a nationalist organization and not an "anti-national" one.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hindu or Muslim, if anyone tries to create atmosphere of fear, the public will reject them: Naqvi|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/if-the-rss-has-a-negative-agenda-we-have-nothing-to-do-with-it/|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=25 November 2015|date=14 January 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210195334/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/if-the-rss-has-a-negative-agenda-we-have-nothing-to-do-with-it/|archive-date=10 December 2015}}</ref>


== Books ==
== Books ==
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*[[Syed Zafar Islam]]  
*[[Syed Zafar Islam]]  
*[[Arif Mohammad Khan]]
*[[Arif Mohammad Khan]]
*[[Nighat Abbass]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[Tarek Fatah]]
*[[Tahir Gora]]


== References ==
== References ==
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Naqvi in 2017
Union Minister of Minority Affairs
In office
12 July 2016 – 6 July 2022
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byNajma Heptullah
Succeeded bySmriti Irani
Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
In office
19 July 2021 – 4 July 2022
LeaderPiyush Goyal
Preceded byPiyush Goyal
Succeeded byDharmendra Pradhan
Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs
In office
26 May 2014 – 12 July 2016
MinisterNajma Heptullah
Preceded byNinong Ering
Succeeded byVirendra Kumar
Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
In office
26 May 2014 – 3 September 2017
MinisterM.Venkaiah Naidu
Ananth Kumar
Preceded byV Narayanasamy
Succeeded byVijay Goel
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
8 July 2016 – 4 July 2022
Preceded byM. J. Akbar
Succeeded byAditya Sahu
ConstituencyJharkhand
In office
5 July 2010 – 4 July 2016
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
In office
26 November 2002 – 25 November 2008
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1957-10-15) 15 October 1957 (age 68)
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
(present-day Prayagraj)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
Seema Naqvi
(
m. 1983)
Children1
Residence
  • 3, Jajej Road, Civil Lines, Rampur
Alma materBishop Johnson School
Asian Academy of Higher Studies, Noida[1][2]

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician and was the Union Minister of Minority Affairs. He had served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from 2002 to 2022[3] and was Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha between 2021 and 2022.

Naqvi was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh from 2010 to 2016 and from Jharkhand from 2016 to 2022.

Early and personal life[edit | edit source]

Naqvi was born to AH Naqvi and Sakina Begum on 15 October 1957 at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India.[4] He studied arts and mass communication.[5] Naqvi married Seema Naqvi on 8 June 1983 and they have a son together.[4]

Political career[edit | edit source]

Naqvi was jailed at the age of 17 in 1975 during the period of Emergency at the Naini Central Jail in Allahabad due to his political activities. As a student leader, he had also participated in the activities of the Janata Party.[6] Naqvi unsuccessfully contested elections for the legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh in 1980 as a candidate of Janata Party (Secular). He also contested elections as an independent candidate in 1980 Lok Sabha elections from the Ayodhya constituency.[6] He was elected to the 1998 Lok Sabha from Lok Sabha, and subsequently given the post of Minister of State for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting with additional charge of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (2001-2003) in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.[6]

He was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2016.[7]

He became Minister of State for Minority Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs on 26 May 2014 in Narendra Modi ministry.[8] After resignation of Najma Heptulla on 12 July 2016, he got independent charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs.[9][10]

He took oath as cabinet minister in Narendra Modi's cabinet on 30 May 2019 and continued with the Ministry of Minority Affairs.[11][12]

Views[edit | edit source]

Congress[edit | edit source]

According to Naqvi, a "baseless" campaign had been started by Congress party to prevent Indian Muslims from joining the Bharatiya Janata Party. Naqvi has also said that he does not harbour the allegations of Congress that as BJP came to power, there was nobody to cause riots against the minority community.[13]

Muslims[edit | edit source]

Naqvi feels that Muslims don't desert other Muslims if they are given important posts in the Bharatiya Janata Party.[13] For the party to increase support amongst the Muslims; he opines that they should feel that they are "equal citizens of this country", and also "understand that the bill on Muslim Personal Law will not take away their right to practise their religion". In addition, the party should also make them aware of the works done by the Vajpayee government.[13]

Naqvi has also said that there is "no justification" for the 2002 Gujarat riots.[14] In November 2015, when actor Aamir Khan said that he felt of leaving the country, Naqvi defended by saying that he had made the comment "in a hurry or maybe under influence from others".[15]

BJP and RSS[edit | edit source]

Naqvi has said that Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh are two "separate entities" and each of them has different views on different issues.[16] According to him RSS is a nationalist organization and not an "anti-national" one.[17]

Books[edit | edit source]

Naqvi has written three books - Syah (1991), Danga (1998) and Vaisali (2008).[6]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Alumni - Mass Communication Colleges in Delhi India - AAFT Mass communication - Top Mass Communication College in India - AAFT School of Mass Communication". aaft.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Rampur(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history".
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Detailed Profile: Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi", India.gov.in, archived from the original on 8 December 2015
  5. ↑ "Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi". mukhtarabbasnaqvi.in. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Muslim face of BJP, stages a comeback", The Economic Times, 9 November 2014, archived from the original on 5 December 2014
  7. ↑ "Rajya Sabha polls: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Mahesh Poddar win in Jharkhand", The Indian Express, 11 June 2016, archived from the original on 12 June 2016
  8. ↑ "Asaduddin Owaisi's help to IS suspects will fuel terror: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi", The Indian Express, 4 July 2016, archived from the original on 7 July 2016
  9. ↑ "Najma Heptulla, G M Siddeshwara resign from Modi Cabinet", India Today, 12 July 2016, archived from the original on 10 August 2016
  10. ↑ Mohan, Archis (13 July 2016), "Why Najma Heptulla, G M Siddeswara were forced to quit Modi Cabinet", Business Standard, archived from the original on 15 July 2016, retrieved 13 July 2016
  11. ↑ Team, DNA Web. "Modi 2.0 Cabinet: Here's complete list of ministers with portfolios | Latest News & Updates at DNAIndia.com". DNA India. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Muslims have begun to feel that the campaign unleashed by the Congress against the BJP was totally baseless". Rediff. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Q & A: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi". The Hindu. 21 March 2004. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  15. ↑ Hebbar, Nistula (24 November 2015). "Aamir may have been under someone's influence: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "BJP minority leader defends party". The Hindu. 21 October 2000. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "Hindu or Muslim, if anyone tries to create atmosphere of fear, the public will reject them: Naqvi". The Indian Express. 14 January 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Begum Noor Bano 		Member of Parliament
for Rampur
1998 – 1999 		Succeeded by
Begum Noor Bano
Political offices
Preceded by
Najma Heptulla 		Minister of Minority Affairs
12 July 2016 – 06 July 2022 		Succeeded by
Smriti Irani

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