Aftab Ahmed is an Indian politician and the current Deputy Leader of Opposition of

Haryana Legislative Assembly The Haryana Legislative Assembly or the Haryana Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Haryana state in India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of L ...

. He was first elected as an Member of the

in 2009 from Nuh (Vidhan Sabha constituency). In 2019, he was re-elected and nominated as Deputy Leader of the Congress Legislative Party, Haryana. He has also served as Transport Minister, Tourism minister, Printing & Stationery Minister and Vice-President of the

Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (or Haryana PCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress, working in the state of Haryana. Its head office is situated at Chandigarh. Senior leader and four times MLA Mr Udai Bhan is the present chief of t ...

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Early life

Aftab Ahmed was born to Khurshid Ahmed and Firdos Begum. He has two brothers and one sister. His father was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly from East Punjab in 1962, from Nuh Assembly, Haryana in 1968, from Taoru Assembly, Haryana in 1977 and again from Nuh Assembly in 1987 and 1996. His father served as Cabinet Minister thrice in the Government of Haryana and was later elected as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha in a bypoll election. His grandfather Chaudhary Kabir Ahmed was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly from Nuh Assembly, Haryana in 1975 and from Taoru Assembly, Haryana in 1982.

Personal life

He married Memuna Sultan and has three children. He did B.Com. from GGDSD College Chandigarh, Punjab University and

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from MDU, Rohtak.

Political career

He started his political career in 1991 from Taoru and in 2013 he was inducted into the cabinet as transport minister.A tough road ahead for transport minister
/ref> He has served Indian National Congress at organisational level in different capacities and also as chief whip of the Congress Legislature Party.
Business Standard. He is the current Deputy Leader of Opposition of Haryana.

Notable works

He started various projects in his constituency which has the third worst literacy rate among all '' tehsils'' in Haryana * Set up medical college, polytechnic college and JBT training institute * Water management * Regularisation of Haryana Roadways Transport Corporation (HRTC)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Aftab Indian National Congress politicians from Haryana Living people Haryana MLAs 2009–2014 20th-century Indian politicians 1966 births Panjab University alumni People from Faridabad district Haryana MLAs 2019–2024 Meo people