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Heena Shahab

Heena Shahab is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. She is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) political party and wife of the Indin politician Mohammad Shahabuddin, a former member of parliament from Siwan district. Shahab is the current Leader of Opposition from Siwan Lok Sabha constituency.

Heena Shahab
Personal details
BornNovember,1976
Siwan, Bihar, Bihar, India
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal
Spouse(s)Mohammad Shahabuddin
ChildrenHeera shahab, Osama Shahab
ResidenceSiwan, Bihar
Alma materBaba Bheem Rao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar
OccupationPolitician

Early life and educationEdit

Heena Shahab born in November, 1976 at Siwan district completed her higher education at Daud Memorial Girls High School Bihar, Patna in 1985 and got a certificate for Intermediate From Z.A. Islamia College Siwan, Bihar in the year 1988 and also got a Bachelor degree in arts from Vidya Bhawan Mahila Mahavidyalya Siwan.[1] Once Heena said,

" The veil or hijab was custom in her family from her maternal in laws. Even after this, I was never stopped for anything. I studied from school to college with complete independence.Then I was the only student of Siwan's college who used to come and study in the veil or hijaab ".[2][3]

During her graduations she married Mohammad Shahabuddin.

Political careerEdit

In the Indian general elections, 2009, her husband was in jail serving life imprisonment for kidnapping and murder in 2007[2] during these period Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav gave ticket to Mohammad Shahabuddin's wife Heena Shahab in 2009, 2014 and 2019 consecutive years. Shahab had no political experience She had spent most of her years indoors, immersed in the scriptures and household chores.[4] until then had led a devout burqa-clad life, contested from her husband's Siwan Lok Sabha constituency as a candidate of RJD political party.

2009 electionsEdit

In 2009 elections, her main opponent was indepedent Om Prakash Yadav. Heena was not an active campaigner, showing herself in public only at a few meetings with RJD cheif Lalu Prasad Yadav and her star campaigner, bollywood movie actor Sanjay Dutt.[5] She garnered 172,764 (~29%) of the votes, but lost to Prakash by 63,000 votes.[6][7]

2014 electionsEdit

Shahab secured the 2014 ticket for the Siwan parliamentary constituency, again contesting Om Prakash Yadav, who this time ran as a member of the BJP party. Prakash won and became member of parliament from this seat. He collected a total number of 372670 votes and secured the first position, where Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Hena Shahab wife of Mohammad Shahabuddin stood second with total 258823 votes. She lost by 113847 votes.[8][9][10][11]

2019 electionsEdit

Again, in 2019 elections Heena Shahab came back for parliament constituency in siwan district with RJD but, this time also she had defeated by Kavita Singh[12][13][14][15] wife of Ajay Kumar Singh a criminal profiled leader who is also embroiled in dozens of criminal cases, is a two-time Member of the Legislative Assembly and the Janata Dal (United) candidate[16] also an opponent of Mohammad Shahabuddin. Kavita Singh got her seat through the JDU and full support through BJP and JDU, even Amit Shah waved his hands in Kavita Singh's political rallies.[17][18][19]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "HenaShahab(RJD):Constituency- Siwan(BIHAR) - Expense Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर". Patrika News (in hindi). Retrieved 2020-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ↑ "ये हैं बाहुबली शहाबुद्दीन की पत्नी हिना शहाब, पर्दे में रहकर जाती थी कॉलेज". Dainik Bhaskar (in हिन्दी). 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  4. ↑ DelhiApril 27, Amitabh Srivastava New; April 27, 2019UPDATED:; Ist, 2019 13:30. "In Siwan Lok Sabha seat, wives of two dons take on each other". India Today. Retrieved 2020-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "rediff.com: From behind a veil, a prisoner's wife seeks the vote". Rediff.com. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  6. ↑ India, Press Trust of (2014-03-23). "No Modi wave in Siwan, claims Shahabuddin's wife". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  7. ↑ "Siwan (Bihar) Elections Results 2019 LIVE: Constituency Details, List of Candidates, Last Winner and more". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  8. ↑ "Siwan Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  9. ↑ "Siwan Election Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  10. ↑ "Result of 2014 2009 Parliamentary Election Siwan, Siwan, Bihar, Parliamentary Constituencies in Bihar as per Delimitation Commission". www.brandbharat.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  11. ↑ "Siwan Election Result 2019 - Parliamentary Constituency Map and Winning MP". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  12. ↑ "Lok Sabha Election 2019: कविता पर निहाल हुआ सिवान, शहाबुद्दीन की पत्नी को हरा बनीं MP". m.jagran.com (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  13. ↑ "Siwan Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: बिहार की सीवान लोकसभा सीट पर 2019 में जदयू की कविता सिंह ने आरेजडी की हिना साहब को हराया". Inkhabar (in हिन्दी). 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  14. ↑ "Siwan Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Siwan लोकसभा चुनाव परिणाम, Bihar- AajTak". aajtak.in (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  15. ↑ Standard, Business. "Siwan Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Siwan Election Result 2019 | Siwan Winning MP & Party | Siwan Lok Sabha Seat". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  16. ↑ "Proxies Of Bahubalis: Bihar Voters Caught Between The Devil And The Deep Sea". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  17. ↑ "Vote for Modi as he has made the country secure: Amit Shah". The Economic Times. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  18. ↑ "By fielding Shahabuddins wife, RJD has shown its intentions: Amit Shah". The Economic Times. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  19. ↑ "Lok Sabha polls: Wives of two local don-turned-politicians fight for husbands in Bihar". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
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