Akram Khan (

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Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

(INC) and the former minister of state for Home, Govt. of Haryana. He became the Deputy Speaker of Haryana for the first time in March 2010. In the Haryana assembly elections of 2009, he became the lone MLA of the BSP in Haryana. Since 1966, he has been the first Muslim deputy speaker of Haryana.

Early life

Akram Khan was born to Chaudhri Mohammed Aslam Khan, a renowned politician, in the village of Khizri situated at the northern tip of the

Yamunanagar Yamunanagar (), is a city and a municipal corporation in Yamunanagar district in the Indian state of Haryana. This town is known for the cluster of plywood units and paper industries. It provides timber to larger industries. The older town is ...

district of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

, India. His grandfather Chaudhri Abdul Rashid Khan was also an eminent leader in northern Haryana. He is an alumnus of

Colonel Brown Cambridge School Colonel Brown Cambridge School is one of the oldest residential schools in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. It is an English medium school affiliated to the Indian Council of School Certificate Examination (CICSE) board of Education. The school ...

, Dehradun. He did his B.A. at

Panjab University Panjab University (PU) is a Collegiate university, collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh, Punjab. Funded through both Punjab, India, State and Government of India, Union governments, it is considered a state university (Indi ...

, Chandigarh.

Political career

After the death of his father he continued the family tradition and joined the

but he was denied the ticket from

Chhachhrauli Chhachhrauli is a ''tehsil'' and Gram Panchayat town consisting of 20 wards in Yamuna Nagar district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 11 km north-east of Jagadhari. Chachhraulli is often known as "Cherapunjii of Haryana" as it receives ...

in the 1996 elections. He became a rebel and contested election as an independent and became a member of Haryana Vidhan Sabha in 1996 for the first time. In year 1998-1999 he became the Chairman of Housing Board, Haryana in

Bansi Lal Bansi Lal Legha (26 August 1927 – 28 March 2006) was an Indian independence activist, senior Congress leader, former Chief Minister of Haryana, former Defence Minister of India, and the architect of modern Haryana. Bansi Lal was part of the f ...

Government. In the same Government he became the Minister of State for Home for the year 1999-2000. In 2000 Vidhan Sabha Elections he contested as an independent candidate from Chhachhrauli but got defeated. Despite the defeat he became the Chairman of Haryana Dairy Development & Coop. Federation Ltd for 2000-2004 due to his closeness to the then Chief Minister of Haryana

Om Prakash Chautala Om Prakash Chautala (born 1 January 1935) is an Indian politician from Haryana who served as a former Chief Minister of Haryana from Indian National Lok Dal and son of 6th Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal. Biography Chautala is the ...

. In the same Government he was appointed Chairman of Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (HARTRON) in 2004-2005. In 2005 elections he contested elections for the first time on a party ticket through

INLD Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is a political party in India, in the state of Haryana. INLD was founded in October 1996 as Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) by Choudhary Devi Lal, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of India in the V.P. Singh's Cabin ...

but he lost again to his nearest rival. The years 2005-2009 were the only years of his political career when he was not holding any position in Govt. of Haryana. In year 2007, he switched to

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

and contested 2009 elections on their ticket from

Jagadhri Jagadhri is a city and a municipal council in the Yamunanagar district of the Indian state of Haryana. This town lies adjacent to the city of Yamunanagar. The demarcation line between the two is difficult to discern. Jagadhri is around 90 k ...

and won with a huge margin. As he is the only MLA of BSP in Haryana, so the anti-defection law is not valid for him. So, he supported the coalition Government of Hooda and became the first Muslim

Deputy Speaker The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerf ...

of Haryana Vidhan Sabha on 5 March 2010. He then contested election in 2014 but he lost the elections due to Modi wave. But still he was a runner up securing 40,047 votes. On 20 December 2018, he was expelled from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for going against party policy. On next day, he and his supporters held a press conference, where his supporters who were 7 Zila Parishad members resigned from their party memberships thereby weakening the party. Akram Khan on 29 March 2019, joined

in presence of Rahul Gandhi, then President of Indian National Congress and Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha Member (2014-2020).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Akram 1970 births Living people Indian Muslims Panjab University alumni People from Yamunanagar district Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Haryana Deputy Speakers of the Haryana Legislative Assembly Indian National Congress politicians Indian National Lok Dal politicians