Asif Muhammad Khan Former MLA | |
---|---|
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly for Okhla | |
In office 2009–2015 | |
Preceded by | Parvez Hashmi |
Succeeded by | Amanatullah Khan |
Personal details | |
Born | Bulandshahr,Uttar Pradesh,India | 8 February 1961
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Mrs. Fehmina Khan |
Relations | Arif Mohammad Khan (brother) |
Children | Ariba Khan (daughter) |
Parent | Mr. Ashfaque Mohd. Khan (father) [1] |
Residence | New Delhi |
Profession | Farmer &Politician |
Asif Muhammad Khan (born 8 February 1961) is an Indian politician and was member of the Fourth and Fifth Legislative Assemblies of Delhi,India. He represented the Okhla constituency and is a member of the Indian National Congress.
Asif Khan was born on 8 February 1961 in Bulandshahr,Uttar Pradesh,into a politically active family. He is the younger brother of Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan. His daughter Ariba Khan is councillor of Abul Fazal ward (Okhla) in MCD since 2022. [2]
Khan contested and won his first election in 1997 from the Okhla ward of Municipal Corporation of Delhi as an independent candidate. [3] He won the election into the Municipal Council for a second term and remained a councillor till 2007. Khan then contested the 2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election from a Rashtriya Janta Dal ticket from Okhla but lost to Parvez Hashmi by only 541 votes. [4] After Hashmi was nominated to the Rajya Sabha,Khan contested the 2009 by-election and became a member of the assembly. He later switched to the Indian National Congress in 2013. [5] He went on to win the seat for a second time in the 2013 Assembly Election. Khan lost the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election and came third. [6]