Imran Pratapgarhi | |
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Chairman of Minority Department All India Congress Committee | |
Assumed office 3 June 2021 | |
AICC President | Mallikarjun Kharge |
Preceded by | Nadeem Javed |
Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 5 July 2022 | |
President | Ram Nath Kovind |
Chairman | Jagdeep Dhankhar |
Preceded by | P. Chidambaram |
Constituency | Maharashtra |
Personal details | |
Born | Mohammed Imran Khan 6 August 1987 Pratapgarh,Uttar Pradesh,India |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Occupation | Poet,Politician |
Awards | Yash Bharti Award 2016 |
Imran Pratapgarhi (born 6 August 1987) is an Indian Urdu-language poet and politician,who is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of Indian Parliament. He represents the Indian state of Maharashtra. Pratapgarhi is known for his protest poetry that particularises the Muslim experience and identity in India and other parts of the world;he is especially known for his Urdu nazms "Madrasa" and "Han Main Kashmir Hoon." [1]
Pratapgarhi was a losing candidate in the 2019 Indian general election as an Indian National Congress candidate from Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency. [2] Pratapgarhi was appointed chairman of the Minority Department of the All India Congress Committee on June 3,2021. [3]
Pratapgarhi was born as Mohammed Imran Khan to Mohammed Iliyas Khan on 6 August 1987 in Pratapgarh,Uttar Pradesh. [1] He completed his master's in Hindi literature from Allahabad University. [1] At that time he wrote poetry in Hindi and participated in Kavi Sammelans (poetry symposiums). He started participating in Mushairas in 2008 and his Nazm Madrasa became popular. [1] Apart from Madarsa,his other writings include Filisteen,Najeeb,and Umar out of over 100 Nazms written by him. [1]
A critic of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi,Pratapgarhi joined the Indian National Congress and contested in 2019 Indian general election from Moradabad,where he lost to S. T. Hasan of Samajwadi Party with a margin of more than half a million votes (590,218 votes). [4] [5]
Pratapgarhi was appointed AICC minority department chairman on 3 June 2021. [3]
In June 2022,Pratapgarhi was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra on Indian National Congress nomination. [6]
| 2022 | Elected to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra
2024
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