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Masood Ahmad
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Masood Ahmad[1] | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 4 Dec. 1993 – 28 Oct. 1995 | |
| Constituency | Tanda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 Pirthivipur near Hanswar, Ambedkar Nagar |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Rashtriya Lok Dal |
| Residence | Hanswar, Uttar Pradesh |
| Alma mater | AMU Aligarh |
| Occupation | MLA |
| Profession | Politician |
Masood Ahmad[2][3] is an Indian politician and a member of 1993 Legislative Assembly of Tanda, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Tanda, Ambedkar Nagar constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a state President of Rashtriya Lok Dal of Uttar Pradesh. He was Former Education Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1993. [4][5]
Political career[edit]
Born in 1953 in Pirthivipur near Hanswar, Uttar Pradesh, Masood Ahmad received a doctorate in history (Ph.D) from Aligarh Muslim University. His first checkpoint in an illustrious career came when he met manyavar Kashiram during the DS4 and BAMCEF days.[citation needed]
Both impressed with each other, Masood thereafter became a trusted aid of Manyavar Kahsiram and also became the founder member of Bahujan Samajwadi Party. He fought elections from various constituencies but tasted his first success in 1993 when he won on assembly bsp ticket from Tanda, Ambedkar Nagar.[citation needed]
He also became the Cabinet Minister of education with all three basic, middle and upper departments. He played in a key role in formulating education policy and promoting Urdu through recruitment and otherwise in the brief spell of six months when he was a minister.[citation needed]
Masood resigned from the ministry in a dramatic fashion due to differences with party members. Thereafter he founded the National Loktantrik Party and spent two decades in struggle for the minority and Dalit cause. He was successful in getting elected several MLA and MP from his party. His party base and cadre stretched from the farms of Western Uttar Pradesh to the villages in Eastern UP to the parched Lands of Bundelkhand. In 2015 he joined the rashtriya lok dal to strengthen Ajit Singh and Jayant Chaudhary in their struggle for the farmers, dalits, obc, Muslim and development cause. He became the national spokesperson and then the general secretary of the party. He began a new inning in September 2016 after national president Ajit Singh handed over to him the important responsibility of the state unit chief.[6]
Education[edit]
He got his early education from their home town then they shifted to Aligarh for higher education, where he did graduation and post graduation from AMU in political science after that he completed his PhD in same field.
Posts held[edit]
| # | From | To | Position | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1993 | 1995 | Member, 1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Rashtriya Lok Dal official website". www.rashtriyalokdal.com.
- ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Tanda assembly constituencies". www.elections.in.
- ↑ "New state President of Rld". www.navbharattimes.indiatimes.com.
- ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Masood Ahmad appointed as new RLD president". www.indianexpress.com.
- ↑ "After resigning Dr. Masood slams BSP of being anti Muslim". www.indiatoday.in.
- ↑ "Uttar Pradesh by polls told to fight alone". www.indiatvnews.com.