Razia Sultana (politician)

Razia Sultana is an Indian politician and was a cabinet minister in the Government of Punjab.[1] She represented Malerkotla in the Punjab Legislative Assembly of which she was the only Muslim member.[2][3] She has been elected three times in the Punjab Assembly, in 2002, 2007 and 2017.

Razia Sultana
Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab
In office
16 March 2017 – 16 March 2022
GovernorV. P. Singh Badnore
Banwarilal Purohit
Chief MinisterCharanjit Singh Channi
Amarinder Singh
Ministry and Departments
  • Social Security
  • Women & Child Development
  • Water Supply & Sanitation
  • Printing & Stationery
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
March 2017 – 10 March 2022
Preceded byFarzana Alam
Succeeded byMohammad Jamil Ur Rehman
ConstituencyMalerkotla
In office
2002–2007
Preceded byNusrat Ali Khan
Succeeded byFarzana Alam
ConstituencyMalerkotla
Personal details
Born (1966-02-03) 3 February 1966[1]
Malerkotla, Punjab, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseDGP Muhammad Mustafa

Personal life

Sultana was born in a middle class Gujjar Muslim family at Malerkotla. She is married to IPS officer Muhammad Mustafa who was former DGP of Punjab. The couple have two children.[1]

Political career

In early 2000, Sultana joined active politics in Punjab. She contested and won the elections for Punjab assembly from Malerkotla in 2002 on an Indian National Congress ticket. Sultana was voted back to the state legislature for a second time in 2007. In 2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, she lost to F. Nesara Khatoon (Farzana Alam).[4] Sultana regained the seat in 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election when she beat her own brother Muhammad Arshad from the Aam Aadmi Party. Sultana is a cabinet minister from the Indian National Congress.

She resigned from her post of cabinet minister in the Punjab Government in Solidarity with Navjot Singh Sidhu on 28 September 2021.[5][6]

References
  1. Sultana, Razia. "Ministers".
  2. Pandher, Sarabjit (9 February 2007). "Malerkotla Muslims want empowerment, not freebies". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  3. Vinayak, Ramesh; Gill, Priya (20 February 2009). "Power ladies". India Today. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab" (PDF). p. 169.
  5. Chandigarh, Satender Chauhan (29 September 2021). "Raining resignations in Punjab: Minister resigns, 3 Congress leaders quit party posts in support of Sidhu". India Today. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. "Razia Sultana resigns from Punjab Cabinet 'in solidarity with Navjot Singh Sidhu'". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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