Majeed Ullah Khan Farhat | |
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| President, MBT | |
| In office 5 June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Dr Khayam Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19-11-1969 Hyderabad |
| Political party | Majlis Bachao Tehreek |
| Spouse | Mohammedi Khatoon (1997-present) |
| Children | Saif ullah khan,Saquib Ullah Khan, Zaid ullah Khan, Suhaibullah khan |
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| Residence(s) | Chanchalguda, Hyderabad |
| Profession | Politician, engineer |
Majeed Ullah Khan Farhat is the president of Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) in Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana,[1] He is controversial due to his views and as a main opponent of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
Majeed Ullah Khan Farhat is the son of five-time MLA Amanullah Khan. He is the contested MLA from the Yakutpura Assembly constituency and convener to the Bahujan Left Front (BLF). He is an engineer.[2]
Majeed Ullah Khan Farhat is the exponent behind Majlis Bachao Tehreek political Operations.
Khan is very controversial as he was arrested in Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act or TADA ACT in the year 1993 and was in police custody for 3 months and in judicial custody for 9 months on the suspicion of having links with the accused of 1993 Bombings His father and their party ran a movement saying this was a dirty game of their opponent AIMIM to weaken their movement to rebuild the Babri Masjid. Following this Khan gained a huge popularity and was granted bail after a year just before 1994 AP Assembly elections his party due to the popularity won 2 seats i.e. his father from Chandryangutta Constituency and their close aide Mumtaz Khan from Yakutpura Constituency party reduced the AIMIM to single seat
Their close aide Mumtaz Khan switched sides and turned in favour of their arch rival AIMIM and contested on their ticket. So Khan for the first time ran for election but lost in a close fight
Khan ran for the Hyderabad Parliamentary against Asaduddin Owaisi and secured 3rd place with 47,000 votes
After a gap of a decade Khan returned on the election battle ground fully charged. Khan had a huge wave in his support. He was addressing thousands of people in his public meetings. Election looked one sided. He was contesting against Mumtaz khan who defeated him earlier. One the day of voting, Khan was arrested for violating model code if conduct. Khan alleged that his arrest was pre planned to weaken him. Khan lost the election once again to Mumtaz Khan he got 28,000 votes and secured 3rd place.[citation needed]
He was caught up in a controversy. He openly gave death threat to Bhartiya Janta Party Member of Legislative Assembly T. Raja Singh and challenged him to come and fight him. This statement had very mixed reactions He contested the election and secured 23000 votes[citation needed]
He completed his schooling from St Paul’s High School Hyderguda. He has a degree of Civil Engineering from Karnataka University. He has qualified the prelims of UPSC and didn’t appear for the mains
Khan was born on 19 November 1969 in Hyderabad. He is the fourth child of 7 siblings. He married on 23 August 1997 to Mohammedi Khatoon and the couple has four sons. He is the elder brother of MBT spokesperson Amjed Ullah Khan.