Zafar Ali Naqvi

Zafar Ali Naqvi is the Chairman of Standing Committee of National Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education. He has previously held the responsibilities of Chairman of Minorities Commission, Delhi.

Zafar is a former Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

In the 2009 Parliamentary Elections, he has closely defeated Iliyas Azmi of Bahujan Samaj Party, with a margin of 8,780 securing a total of 184,980 votes.

He was a prominent figure in a high-profile Congress campaign in Uttar Pradesh for the Indian general election, 2009. Congress won 21 seats in Uttar Pradesh mainly because of the efforts from Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi in the state. The election saw the Indian National Congress to become the majority stake holder in Parliament.

Senior Congress leaders such as Sonia Gandhi, Digvijay Singh have raised calls for Zafar Ali Naqvi to be the candidate in 2009 elections. It is felt because of his clean image, he is able to connect with the common man who form the majority of the population.

His supporters claim that Zafar's promise of getting the Meter gauge railway track of the district converted to Broad gauge was delivered in mere 22 months of his becoming the MP. But the fact remains that the conversion of the gauge started after Narendra Modi became the PM and started the conversion of the gauge everywhere in India. The work is still not complete as of March 2019, but the credit goes the current MP Teni Bhaiya and the PM Modi. He has become an Icon among the politicians of the State with action par excellence. His crusade for Flood causes in Lakhimpur and development for his constituency has earned him high praises across the country. Lakhimpur fondly calls him the Statesman who has brought back smile on the faces of traders, farmers and the AAM AADMI of Lakhimpur Khiri.

Zafar's spouse, Shahnaz Naqvi is from a reputed family of Kanpur. He has two sons- elder son Monis is a Pilot and younger son Saif Ali Naqvi is a Politician of INC. He has been the life member of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy of Film & Television.

• Indian National Congress
• Lakhimpur Kheri district
• University of Lucknow

• Member of Parliament
• 2009 LokSabha Candidates' Affidavit Data
• Amar Ujala - Today is Zafar Naqvi's day
• Nerdz 2003, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
• Lakhimpur, General Elections 2009
• Updated Election Results Details of Kheri
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