Asim Ahmed Khan

Asim Ahmed Khan is an Indian politician, who is the incumbent 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 represents Matia Mahal (Assembly constituency) in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.[1]

Personal life

Asim Ahmed Khan was born on 20 March 1976. His father's name is Shamin Ahmed Khan. He was known as Mohammad Asim Khan, which is his name on school and college certificates. He got a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from the Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCS university), Meerut in 2010. He is a businessman. He is married to Lubna Sadaf Khan, who also has a business.[2] Khan is a Muslim by religion.

Politics

Asim Ahmed Khan is a member of the minority wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).[3] He contested the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections in 2012 and got 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.[4]

Khan contested Matia Mahal (Assembly constituency) in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections as an AAP candidate. He raises issues of education and health in his campaign.[4] Khan won the seat with 47,584 votes. He defeated five-time MLA Shoaib Iqbal (who fought on a Indian National Congress - INC - ticket) by a margin of 26,096 votes.[5][6] 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.[3][7] The AAP won 67 of the total 70 seats in the Delhi assembly.

Khan is one of four Muslim MLAs of the AAP.[7] The Economic Times described Khan as "key" to AAP, which won 80% of the Muslim vote.[3] 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.[8]

Khan was sworn as a cabinet minister under the chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on 14 February 2015. He was put in charge of Food and Civil Supply, Environment and Forest, Minority affairs and Election ministries.[8][9]

Posts Held

# From To Position Comments
01 2015 - Member, Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Election result". Election commission of India. Retrieved Feb 2015.
  2. ↑ "Election Affidavit". http://myneta.info/. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Meet Arvind Kejriwal’s 6 trusted men likely to make youngest cabinet in India". Economic Times. 13 Feb 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Asim Ahmed Khan". AAP official site. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Election Result". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Assembly Elections 2015 Results, Election Commission of India
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Delhi election: Four Muslim faces in newly-elected state Assembly". Firstpost. Feb 10, 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Press Trust of India (February 15, 2015). "Aam Aadmi Party's Asim Ahmed Khan Gets Cabinet Berth". NDTV. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "AAP ki sarkaar: India's youngest cabinet". Rediff. February 14, 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.