Rizwan Arshad

Rizwan Arshad is an Indian politician serving the Indian National Congress from the southern state of India, Karnataka. He became an MLA for the first time in December 2019 after winning the bypolls from Shivajinagar Assembly.[1][2] He was the Congress candidate for Bangalore Central constituency in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, where he lost against BJP's P. C. Mohan.[3] Five years later, he was the Congress-JDS joint candidate for Bangalore Central constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, where he again lost the parliamentary election to BJP's P. C. Mohan.[4][5][6][7]

Rizwan Arshad
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
9 December 2019
Preceded byR. Roshan Baig
ConstituencyShivajinagar
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Council
In office
10 June 2016 – 17 February 2020
Succeeded byLaxman Savadi
ConstituencyKarnataka
Personal details
Born (1979-09-24) 24 September 1979
Karnataka, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseNajeeha Rizwan
Children2
Parents
  • R Q Arshad (father)
  • Shehnaz Arshad (mother)
ResidenceBengaluru
EducationB.Com
Alma materSt. Philomena's College, Mysore
OccupationPolitician
Websitehttp://rizwanarshad.in/

Personal life

Rizwan Arshad is the son of R Q Arshad who was an Advocate and attempted to become an MLA as a Congress nominee in Mysore City by contesting against Azeez Sait[8] but was defeated 4 consecutive times.[9] His mother, Shehnaz Arshad, has an MA in English Literature. He has two siblings: Humaira and Safiya. He is married to Najeeha and has two children, Faizan and Afzan.

Rizwan Arshad is a Bachelor of Commerce from St. Philomena's College, Mysore.

Political career

Rizwan Arshad started his political career through NSUI in 1995–96, when he was elected as the class representative, St. Philomena's College. In 1997–98, he was elected as Senate member, University of Mysore. He served as President College Unit, NSUI (1996), Vice President Mysore District Unit NSUI (1997) and State General Secretary, Karnataka State Unit NSUI (1998) and National General Secretary in 1999.[10]

He continued his career with Indian Youth Congress as vice president, Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee (2004-2010) and National Secretary, Indian Youth Congress New Delhi (2010- 2011).

In 2011, Rizwan became the first elected State President of Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress (KPYCC) with a decisive margin. In 2014, he was re-elected as President of KPYCC by garnering whopping 21,000 of 29,000 votes.[11]

Rizwan Arshad was the Congress Candidate from Bengaluru Central in 2014 Lok Sabha elections,[12] but he lost to BJP candidate P. C. Mohan.[13] He secured 4,19,630 votes (39.05%) as against 5,57,130 (51.85%) by P. C. Mohan.[14]

On 10 June 2016, he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Council by getting 34 MLA votes, while the required quota to be elected was 29.[15][16][10][17] As MLC, Rizwan Arshad was instrumental in getting funds for several developments and infrastructure in Bengaluru.[18]

Rizwan Arshad was the Congress-JDS joint candidate for Bangalore Central constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, losing once again against BJP's P. C. Mohan.[19][20][21][22] Rizwan Arshad received 5,31,885 votes (44.43%) in comparison to winning candidate P. C. Mohan, BJP who received 6,02,853 votes (50.35%).[23]

Rizwan Arshad is MLA of Shivajinagar Assembly after winning the 5 December 2019 bypolls.[24] The bypoll elections were due to the disqualification of R. Roshan Baig.

See also

References
  1. "Karnataka assembly bypolls: Congress clears Rizwan Arshad for Shivajinagar". Times of India. 17 November 2019.
  2. "Shivajinagar needs a cosmopolitan, urban face: Congress candidate Rizwan Arshad speaks". The News Minute. 18 November 2019.
  3. "Bangalore Central Election Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. "PC Mohan wins Bangalore Central". NDTV. 11 June 2016.
  5. "Congress' Bangalore Central candidate Rizwan Arshad, 39, kickstarted his poll". Deccan Herald. 28 March 2019.
  6. "Lok Sabha polls: Will Rizwan Arshad meet aspirations of forward looking Bengaluru?". Daijiworld. 28 March 2019.
  7. "Congress Wins 4 Legislative Council Seats In Karnataka, BJP Gets 2". NDTV. 11 June 2016.
  8. Arshad, R Q. "Dynastic politics reigns in Muslim dominated NR constituency".
  9. "Election Commission of India Archive - 116 - Narasimharaja Assembly Constituency".
  10. "INC's Rizwan Arshad is 34, but no greenhorn". CitizenMatters. 3 April 2014.
  11. "Rizwan wins youth Congress polls in Karnataka by huge margin". Times of India. 12 January 2014.
  12. "Rizwan Arshad vows to decongest Bangalore". Deccan Herald. 10 April 2014.
  13. "Government should increase road length to match number of vehicles: Rizwan Arshad". Times of India. 31 March 2019.
  14. "Bangalore Central Lok Sabha (General) Election Results 2019". elections.in.
  15. "Karnataka MLC poll results: Congress-4, BJP-2 and JD (S) 1". www.daijiworld.com. 10 June 2016.
  16. "Congress bags four seats, BJP two, JD-S one in Council polls". Business Standard. 10 June 2016.
  17. "I still cannot believe this autorickshaw is mine: Shantha". The New Indian Express. 11 March 2019.
  18. "Rs 50 lakh for pending infra works in 5 villages". Deccan Herald. 23 January 2019.
  19. "Will we see more under-40 MPs from Karnataka this time?". The Hindu. 27 March 2019.
  20. Naheed Ataulla (28 March 2019). "Rahul Gandhi's men bag all 3 tickets in Bengaluru". The Times of India.
  21. "Rookie makes it a triangular contest in heart of Bengaluru". Times of India. 2 April 2019.
  22. "BJP, Congress, JD(S) candidates for Karnataka LS Polls". Deccan Herald. 26 March 2019.
  23. "BANGALORE CENTRAL LOK SABHA ELECTION RESULT 2019". Business Standard.
  24. "Congress to field Rizwan from Shivajinagar seat". The New Indian Express. 17 November 2019.
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