Abdul Bari Siddiqui

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Abdul Bari Siddiqui
Principal General Secretary of Rashtriya Janata Dal
Assumed office
2020
PresidentLalu Prasad Yadav
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
2010–2020
ConstituencyAlinagar
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
1995–2010
ConstituencyBahera
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
1977–1979
ConstituencyBahera
Cabinet Minister of Government of Bihar
In office
1995–2005
Chief MinisterLalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi
Finance Minister of Government of Bihar
In office
20 November 2015 – 27 July 2017
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Succeeded bySushil Kumar Modi
Leader of the Opposition
Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
December 2010 – June 2013
Preceded byRabri Devi
Succeeded byNand Kishore Yadav
Personal details
Born (1953-12-23) 23 December 1953 (age 70)
Alinagar, Bihar, India
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal
ResidenceRupaspur, Alinagar, Darbhanga

Abdul Bari Siddiqui is an Indian politician who was the Finance Minister of Bihar.[1] He was a MLA representing Alinagar, Darbhanga, Bihar.[2] Siddiqui is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party. He won in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[3] In 2019 Loksabha elections he contested from Darbhanga and lost to Gopal Jee Thakur of BJP.

Previously, Siddiqui was the Leader of Opposition following the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election until the split between JD(U) and BJP led the latter to leave the government and become the official opposition.[4][5]

Siddiqui was elected the chairman of the Bihar Cricket Association in September, 2015 defeating former association president Vinod Kumar. He is also the head of the Bihar Badminton Association. He is known to be a close associate of Lalu Prasad Yadav. When asked in 2009, to contest the Madhubani Parliamentary Elections, he filed his nomination and unsuccessfully contested, losing by the margin of 10k votes, which led to trailingredients of Dr. Shakeel Ahmed to 3rd position. He again contested 2014 Madhubani Loksabha elections unsuccessfully losing to veteran BJP leader Hukumdev Narayan Yadav by a margin of 15k votes. He is 7th time MLA. Previously he used to contest from Bahera. After delimination of that constituency, he contested from Alinagar.

Abdul Bari Siddiqui representing JP defeated Harinath Mishra of Congress in 1977 from Bahera, which was the first time he became an MLA.[6] Siddiqui has won 7 times as a Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

His son, Anis Bari pursued MBA from Asian Institute of Management, Manila.[7] He is an entrepreneur and runs a start-up based in Delhi.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "मंत्रिमंडल सचिवालय विभाग" (PDF). csd.bih.nic.in (in हिन्दी). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Abdul Bari Siddiqui (RJD):Constituency- Alinagar (Darbhanga) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  4. ↑ "Siddiqui is Leader of Opposition". The Hindu. 4 December 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Jaleel, Muzamil (28 October 2015). "People are saying Modiji is a factor in Owaisi's coming here: RJD's Abdul Bari Siddiqui". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  6. ↑ PTI (23 September 2015). "Abdul Bari Siddiqui elected Bihar Cricket Association President". Zee News. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Doing fine, miles away from politics - Wards of state politicians make a mark away from papas' field". The Telegraph India. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Old warhorse in Bihar takes new-age crowdfunding route field". The Telegraph India. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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