Haji Fazlur Rehman

Haji Fazlur Rehman is an Indian politician who has been a Member of Lok Sabha for Saharanpur since 2019.

Haji Fazlur Rehman
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byRaghav Lakhanpal
ConstituencySaharanpur
Member, Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare
Assumed office
13 September 2019
ConstituencySaharanpur
Personal details
Born (1951-11-30) 30 November 1951
Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBahujan Samaj Party
Other political
affiliations		Mahagathbandhan
Children7
Alma materAligarh Muslim University
ProfessionBusinessman

Personal life

Rehman graduated from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1972. His family are major beef exporters in Uttar Pradesh.[1]

Political career

On 27 February 2019, Mahagathbandhan, the grand alliance of Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal announced that Rehman would contest the upcoming 2019 Indian general election from Saharanpur constituency on the symbol of Bahujan Samaj Party.[2] On 23 May 2019, Rehman was elected to the Lok Sabha after defeating Raghav Lakhanpal of Bharatiya Janata Party, his nearest rival by a margin of 22,417 votes. Rehman polled 5,14,139 votes.[3][4] [5]

References
  1. "Following Fazlur Rehman, the Mahagatbandhan Candidate from Saharanpur". The Wire. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "लोकसभा चुनाव 2019: पश्चिमी यूपी की इस अहम सीट से चुनाव लड़ेंगे BSP प्रत्याशी" [Lok Sabha 2019: BSP candidate will contest from this crucial seat] (in Hindi). Amar Ujala. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "सहारनपुर में गठबंधन के फजलुर्रहमान ने भाजपा प्रत्याशी को दी शिकस्त" [In Saharanpur, alliance candidate Fazlur Rehman defeats BJP] (in Hindi). Amar Ujala. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "हाजी फजलुर्रहमान बने महागठबंधन के सहारनपुर लोकसभा प्रभारी पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश प्रभारी" (in Hindi). Antim Vikalp News. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  5. "जनता का यह प्रेम ही बनेगा जीत का आधार: हाजी फ़ज़लुर्रहमान" (in Hindi). Antim Vikalp News. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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