Kirti Azad: Difference between revisions

|name = Kirti Azad

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|country = India

|birth_name = Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|01|02|df=y}}

|birth_place = [[Darbhanga]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]

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|office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]

| constituency=[[Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darbhanga]]

| term_start = 16 May 2009

| term_end = 23 May 2019

| predecessor = [[Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi]]

| successor = [[Gopal Jee Thakur]]

| constituency1 = [[Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darbhanga]]

| term_start1 = 1999

| term_end1 = 2004

| predecessor1 = [[Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi]]

| successor1 = [[Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi]]

| party = [[Indian National Congress]] <br />{{small|{{nowrap|(18 February 2019 – present)}}}}

| otherparty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br />{{small|{{nowrap|(till 18 February 2019)}}}}

|spouse = Poonam Azad

|father = [[Bhagwat Jha Azad]]

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Azad was born in [[Darbhanga]], [[Bihar]], the son of former [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] [[Bhagwat Jha Azad]]. He was an aggressive right-hand batsman and a quickish offspinner. A surprise choice for the tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1980–81, he made his Test debut at Wellington. He was part of the Indian team that won the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]].<ref name="Auto15-2">{{cite web | url = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26325.html | title = Kirti Azad | publisher = Cricinfo | access-date = 6 March 2011}}</ref>

He won the 2014 [[Lok Sabha]] election for Darbhanga, Bihar. In February 2019, Kirti Azad joined Indian National Congress.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rebel BJP MP Kirti Azad joins Congress |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cricketer-turned-politician-kirti-azad-joins-congress/article26301848.ece |work=The Hindu |date=18 February 2019 |ref=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cricketer-turned-politician-kirti-azad-joins-/article26301848.ece |language=en-IN}}</ref>

He followed his father [[Bhagwat Jha Azad]], former Chief Minister of [[Bihar]],<ref>https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampdetail.php?mpcode=25</ref> into politics and was elected to Parliament on a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) ticket from [[Darbhanga]], Bihar. He served his second term in the Lok Sabha representing Darbhanga. He was previously an MLA from Delhi's [[Gole Market]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2003/11/23/stories/2003112304280400.htm | title = A veteran-newcomer fight at Gole Market | work = [[The Hindu]] | access-date = 6 March 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050904014658/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2003/11/23/stories/2003112304280400.htm | archive-date = 4 September 2005 | url-status = dead }}</ref> He won the 2014 [[Lok Sabha]] Elections from Darbhanga.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/election-live-2014-march-13/|title = Election LIVE: BJP's third candidate list out, Ram Kripal to contest from Patliputra against Lalu's daughter|date = 14 March 2014}}</ref> On 23 December 2015 he was suspended from BJP for openly targeting Union finance minister [[Arun Jaitley]] over alleged irregularities and corruption in Delhi's cricket body Delhi and District Cricket Association.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kirti Azad Suspended By BJP For Publicly Targeting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-may-take-action-against-kirti-azad-for-targeting-arun-jaitley-sources-1258122|work=[[NDTV]]|access-date=24 December 2015}}</ref> Azad joined the [[Indian National Congress]] on 18 February 2019.<ref>{{cite web | title =Cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad joins Congress | url =https://m.timesofindia.com/india/cricketer-turned-politician-kirti-azad-joins-congress/articleshow/68044490.cms| work = [[The Times of India]]| access-date=24 February 2019}}</ref>

[[Category:People from Darbhanga district]]