Arif Aqueel

Arif Aqueel
MLA
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
1990
Preceded by Rasul Ahmad Siddiqui[1]
Constituency Bhopal North
Personal details
Born (1952-01-14) 14 January 1952
Bhopal
Citizenship India
Nationality India
Political party INC
(Indian National Congress)
Spouse(s) Saira Aqueel
Residence Bhopal
Education LLB[2]
Alma mater Barkatullah University
Profession Activist, politician

Arif Aqueel is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress party. He is the lone Muslim MLA[3] in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Political career

He became an MLA in 1990 from Bhopal North constituency and has since been representing it.[4]

Arif Aqueel (also known and referred to as “Sher-e-Bhopal” English translation “The Lion of Bhopal”) started his political career as an activist student leader in 1972. He was appointed as President of Saifia College Student Committee in 1977, and in the same year he was elected as Vice President of Youth Congress and NSUI (National Student Union of India) of Madhya Pradesh.

He won his first MLA election, as an independent MLA, in the 9th assembly election by defeating Senior Congress Leader and Ex-Minister Hasanat Siddiqui in 1990.

Again 1993 he contested MLA election under the patronage of Janta Dal Party, however, he was over taken by Ramesh Sharma[5] of BJP Party by small margin. In 1995 he appointed as member of MP Waqf Board and Bar Council, in the same year was elected as President of Nagrik Sahakari Bank.

In 1996 he rejoined Congress Party and in 1998 he contested MLA election and won the eleventh (11th) assembly election by defecting his old rival Ramesh Sharma[6] of BJP.

During 1998 till 2003, Arif Aqueel held many Cabinet Minister positions under Congress Party’s Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh[7] of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was nominated as Minister of Minority Welfare, Minister of Bhopal Gas Rahat, Minister of Backward and Porniwass Department. He was also appointed as President of MP Hajj Committee.

He again triumphed in the twelfth (12th) assembly election as MLA in 2003, and from February till June 2004 he served as secretary of Vidhan Sabha for Congress and in 2007, he was nominated as Vice President of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee.

In 2008 he was elected again as an MLA in thirteenth (13th) assembly, in 2012 he became the President of Bhopal Divisional Cricket Association and member of MP Cricket Association, and in 2013 he was appointed as Member of Election Committee of Congress for ticket distribution.

In 2013 he was elected again in the fourteenth (14th) assembly MLA election by defeating Ex-Cabinet Minister of India Arif Baig[8] who served as National Minister under Atal Bihari Vajpayee[9] Prime Minister of India.

Political Views

He supports Congress Party's Ideology

Personal life

He is married to Saria Aqueel.

He has one daughter and three sons; (eldest to youngest), Erum Aqueel, Majid Aqueel, Atif Aqueel and Abid Aqueel.

His daughter is married to Khalid Masoud, a General Manager employed at UPS (United Parcel Service inc.) in Saudi Arabia.

Atif Aqueel, is one of the fastest raising young politician of Bhopal.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bhopal North (Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections". Elections.in. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "MLA Profile" (PDF). MP Vidhansabha. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Deep, Desh (6 November 2016). "Arif Aqueel pitches in for minority face as leader of opposition". The Times of India. Times News Network. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Arif Aqueel(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- BHOPAL UTTAR(BHOPAL) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "State Elections 2003 - Partywise Comparision for 150-Bhopal North Constituency of MADHYA PRADESH". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  6. ↑ "State Elections 2003 - Partywise Comparision for 150-Bhopal North Constituency of MADHYA PRADESH". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  7. ↑ "Digvijaya Singh", Wikipedia, 2018-06-08, retrieved 2018-07-05
  8. ↑ "Arif Beg", Wikipedia, 2018-05-27, retrieved 2018-07-05
  9. ↑ "Atal Bihari Vajpayee", Wikipedia, 2018-07-01, retrieved 2018-07-05

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