Kunwar Danish Ali

Kunwar Danish Ali (born 10 April 1975) is an Indian politician and a Member of Lok Sabha for Amroha since 2019. Ali has joined Bahujan Samaj Party in March 2019 after leaving Janata Dal (Secular).

Kunwar Danish Ali
Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byKanwar Singh Tanwar
ConstituencyAmroha
Majority63,248
Personal details
Born (1975-04-10) April 10, 1975
Political partyBahujan Samaj Party
Other political
affiliations		Mahagathbandhan
Janata Dal (Secular)
Spouse(s)Zubia Danish
Children3
ResidenceHapur, Uttar Pradesh[1]
Alma materJamia Millia Islamia
ProfessionAgriculture
Net worth₹130.32 million (US$1.8 million)

Early life

Ali was born on 10 April 1975.[2] He hails from Hapur and is born to Jafar Ali. He graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi.[1]

Political career

Ali started his political career with Janata Dal (Secular) and went on to become the general secretary of the party. On 16 March 2019, he joined Bahujan Samaj Party with the consent of Janata Dal (Secular) leader and Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy.[3] Six days later, Bahujan Samaj Party announced that Ali would contest the upcoming 2019 Indian general election from Amroha constituency.[4] On 23 May, he was elected to the Lok Sabha after defeating Kanwar Singh Tanwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party, his nearest rival by a margin of nearly 63,000 votes. Ali was polled 601,082 votes.[5]

References
  1. "Kunwar Danish Ali(Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)):Constituency- AMROHA(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  3. "JD-S Leader Danish Ali joins Mayawati's BSP After Seeking 'Consent' From Kumaraswamy". News18. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. Rashid, Omar (22 March 2019). "BSP fields ex-JD (S) leader Danish Ali in Amroha". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. "Amroha". Results ECI. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Kanwar Singh Tanwar		 Member of Parliament
for Amroha
23 may 2019 – present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Vacant		 Leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party
in the Lok Sabha
2019 – Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.