Asim Ahmed Khan
MLA, 06th Legislative Assembly, Delhi
In office
Feb 2015 – Feb 2020
Preceded byShoaib Iqbal
Succeeded byShoaib Iqbal
ConstituencyMatia Mahal
Personal details
Born (1976-03-20) 20 March 1976 (age 48)[1]
Delhi, India[1]
Political partyAam Aadmi Party[1](till 2017)
ParentShamim Ahmed Khan (father)[1]
Alma materChaudhary Charan Singh University[2]
ProfessionBusinessperson and politician

Asim Ahmed Khan is an Indian politician (Delhi State), who was the minister of Food and Civil Supply, Environment and Forest, Minority Affairs and Election in the Delhi government. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and represented Matia Mahal (Assembly constituency) in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.[3]

Early life and education

Asim Ahmed Khan was born in Delhi. He attended the Chaudhary Charan Singh University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.[1][2]

Politics

Asim Ahmed Khan is a member of the minority wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).[4] He contested the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections in 2012 and received 6,300 votes. The AAP party website states that he has worked for 12 years in Old Delhi area and participated in numerous social activities.[5]

Khan contested Matia Mahal (Assembly constituency) in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections as an AAP candidate. He raised issues of education and health in his campaign.[5] Khan won the seat with 47,584 votes. He defeated five-time MLA Shoaib Iqbal (who fought on an Indian National Congress – INC – ticket) by a margin of 26,096 votes.[6][7] Khan was "the less acknowledged 'giant killers'". Khan – who had a "poor experience in politics" – was expected to lose Iqbal, who won five times despite switching political parties four times. Iqbal had won the 2013 elections on a Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) ticket.[4][8] The AAP won 67 of the total 70 seats in the Delhi assembly.

Khan is one of four Muslim MLAs of the AAP in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.[8] The Economic Times described Khan as "key" to AAP, which won 80% of the Muslim vote.[4] Khan and the AAP's minority wing were responsible for deflecting the Muslim votes – who traditionally voted for the Congress – to the AAP, which led to the AAP's decisive victory.[9]

Khan was sworn as a cabinet minister under the chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on 14 February 2015. He was put in charge of the Food and Civil Supply, Environment and Forest, Minority Affairs and Election ministries.[9][10] On 9 October 2015, Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sacked the cabinet minister Asim Ahmed Khan on charges of corruption.[11] He was accused of 'cutting a deal worth Rs. 6 lakh' with a local builder'.[12] He was later given clean chit by CBI due to lack of evidence.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Member Profile". U.P. Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Candidate affidavit". Myneta.info. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Election result". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Meet Arvind Kejriwal's 6 trusted men likely to make youngest cabinet in India". Economic Times. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Asim Ahmed Khan". AAP official site. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Election Result". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Assembly Elections 2015 Results, Election Commission of India". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Delhi election: Four Muslim faces in newly-elected state Assembly". Firstpost. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  9. ^ a b Press Trust of India (15 February 2015). "Aam Aadmi Party's Asim Ahmed Khan Gets Cabinet Berth". NDTV. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  10. ^ "AAP ki sarkaar: India's youngest cabinet". Rediff. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Delhi Food Minister Asim Ahmed Khan sacked on charges of corruption - The Hindu". The Hindu. 9 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Delhi Food Minister Asim Ahmed Khan sacked on charges of corruption". The Hindu. 9 October 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Delhi District Court Cbi vs. Asim Ahmed Page No. 1/21". 28 April 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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