Fairoz Khan (born 21 March 1989) is an activist and former president of the

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(NSUI. Khan resigned as president in December 2018. On 11 April 2022, Fairoz Khan, Former National President of NSUI, has been appointed as State Working President of Pradesh Youth Congress J&K.Congress President

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ji and Former Congress President

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ji on Monday approved appointment of Fairoz Khan as the new State Working President of youth congress J&K.This decision was announced by Srinivas BV National President Indian Youth Congress

Early life

Fairoz Khan was born to Muzaffer Ahmed Khan, an engineer, on 21 March 1989, in the village of Pogal Paristan in

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, India. Khan completed his primary and secondary education in Ramban,

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and

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. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the Government Degree Graduate College

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and a Bachelor of Law and Masters of Arts in Political Science from Jammu University. At the university, he was an active student leader and protested against "anti-student" policies.

Political activities

Khan was appointed National Secretary of the NSUI on 16 December 2012, from a field of 120 candidates, following the final approval of

. He subsequently also held NSUI state-level leadership roles in

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and

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. Khan campaigned against cheating in exams organised by the

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(JKSSB), for the implementation of the

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in Jammu and Kashmir and supported relief efforts following the Kashmir floods of September 2014. On 22 June 2017, at the age of 28, Khan was sworn in as the president of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI). He was the first Kashmiri to hold this post.

NSUI resignation

On 16 October 2018,

, Congress party president, accepted Khan's resignation after he was accused of sexual harassment. He was accused by a female Congress party member from

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. A three-member committee was convened to investigate the matter. Khan denied the charges but stated he was resigning to hurting the party's image. The woman had first complained against Khan to Rahul Gandhi in June 2018. She also demanded protection, as she feared for her life.

References

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