Mohammad Mujtaba Siddiqui

Mohammad Mujtaba Siddiqui (Hindi: मोहम्मद मुजतबा सिद्दीकी, born 6 May 1955) is an Indian politician. He was the member of 14th and 15th Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly from Pratappur assembly constituency in Prayagraj district Uttar Pradesh.[1][2][3]

Mohammad Mujtaba Siddiqui
Member of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly
In office
2002–2007
In office
2007–2012
Personal details
Born6 May 1955
Lilihat, Prayagraj
NationalityIndian
Political partyBahujan Samaj Party
Spouse(s)Shabana Parveen
Parent(s)Mohammad Iliyas (father)
EducationGraduate

Early life and educationEdit

Mujtaba was born to Mohammad Iliyas in 1955 at Lilihat a village of Pryagraj district. Mujtaba's primary education took place in a school in the village itself.[4][5]

Political careerEdit

Mujtaba was elected a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the first time in February 2002 and for the second time in the general elections of April 2007 on the ticket of the Bahujan Samaj Party. He was Gram Pradhan of Gram Sabha Lilhat, Phulpur Allahabad, from 1988 to 1994 and District Organisation Minister of Bahujan Samaj Party from District Allahabad.[6] Later, he was a member of the Joint Committee on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Denotified Castes of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (2007–2008) and (2008–2009). I was also a member of the Samprati Question and Reference Committee (2009–2010).[7]

ReferencesEdit

  1. "Mohd Mujtaba Siddiqui, BSP MLA from Pratappur - Our Neta". Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  2. "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info". upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  3. "Expelled BSP MLAs meet Akhilesh Yadav, likely to join SP ahead of 2022 UP elections". The Indian Express. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  4. "यूपी विधानसभा चुनाव 2022 : मुज्तबा सिद्दीकी और हाकिमलाल बिंद की बदल सकती है सीट". Amar Ujala (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  5. "Five BSP rebel MLAs meet Akhilesh, trigger speculations of switch-over". The Times of India. 2021-06-15. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  6. Saldanha, Alison (2017-03-14). "Muslims In UP Assembly Down To 5.9%, From 17.1% In 2012". www.indiaspend.com. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  7. "Mohd Mujtaba Siddiqui(Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)):Constituency- PRATAPPUR(ALLAHABAD) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 2023-10-01.