Shazia Ilmi | |
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Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Assumed office 2015 | |
Spokesperson of India Against Corruption | |
In office 2011–2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kanpur,Uttar Pradesh,India | 2 April 1970
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party 2015–present |
Other political affiliations | Aam Aadmi Party till 2014 |
Spouse | Sajid Malik |
Relations | Reshma Arif (sister) |
Alma mater | St. Bedes College,Shimla |
Occupation | Social Activist,Journalist,Politician |
Shazia Ilmi (born 2 April 1970) [1] is an Indian politician and the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party since July 2021. [2]
Before joining politics,Ilmi was a television journalist and anchor at Star News,where she led a media campaign for an anti-corruption bill (to institute an ombudsman popularly known as the Jan Lokpal Bill). [3] She started her political career with the Aam Aadmi Party and was a member of its National Executive before she left the party in May 2014 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2015. [4]
Ilmi comes from a middle-class Kanpur-based Muslim family with links to the Indian National Congress political party. [4] Her father,Maulana Ishaq Ilmi,was the founder and editor of Siyasat Jadid ,a Kanpur-based Urdu newspaper.
Ilmi was educated at St. Mary's Convent High School in Kanpur and Nainital and then at St. Bede's College,Shimla. [1] She then completed degree courses in journalism and broadcasting at Jamia Millia Islamia and the University of Wales,Cardiff, [3] and also completed a diploma in 16mm film production at New York Film Academy. [5]
Her brother Aijaz Ilmi is a member and spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Her sister is married to Arif Mohammed Khan,a former Indian National Congress politician and Union Minister,who is currently the Governor of Bihar. [3] Shazia Ilmi is married to Sajid Malik. [4]
Ilmi spent 15 years in varied aspects of television news and documentary production. [3] She has been an anchor on Star News,where she hosted and produced the popular prime time news show Desh Videsh. [6]
Ilmi has been a member of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television. [7] Her film titled Post Box. 418 Siyasat Kanpur,concerning the struggle for survival of an Urdu language newspaper,was screened at the IAWRT film festival in 2011 [8] and also at events such as a similar festival in Kerala. [9] She was also a co-director,with Radha Hola,of a 1996 documentary concerning the eco-feminist Vandana Shiva. This film,called Daughter of the Earth —Portrait of Vandana Shiva,has been shown by various television broadcasters,including the Discovery Channel. [10]
In 2011,Shazia Ilmi joined the anti-corruption campaign,that was being led by Anna Hazare,and became the urbane,Muslim,media-savvy face of Team Anna. [3]
After the Anna Hazare campaign ended,she joined the Aam Aadmi Party,and became a member of its National Executive. [11] [12] Ilmi,along with some other AAP leaders,was briefly involved in a controversy over malpractices in fund-collection,though the allegations were never proven. [13] [14] She contested the Lok Sabha elections,2014 for the AAP from Ghaziabad but lost to V. K. Singh. [15] Having been unhappy with the party's leadership,she resigned her AAP party membership on 24 May 2014. [16]
Ilmi joined the BJP on 16 January 2015 along with IPS Officer Kiran Bedi in a felicitation ceremony at the Delhi BJP office,just before the upcoming 2015 Delhi Assembly elections. [17] She was appointed as a national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2021. [2]
In September 2022,she moved the Supreme Court of India seeking direction to the Central government to establish a consistent and universal code for granting alimony and maintenance (Child support),aiming to eliminate obstacles. [18]
In January 2017,Ilmi was appointed the additional director (non-official part-time independent) of Engineers India Ltd (EIL) from 27 March 2017 to 30 January 2020. [19] [20]
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