Obaidullah Khan Azmi is an

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Islamic politician from

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.Obaidullah Khan Azmi joins NCP
www.thefirstmail.in He was a member of

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, the upper house of the

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from 1990 to 2008. He represented Uttar Pradesh during 1990-96 and from Jharkhand during 1996–2002 from

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party. During 1992–96 he was General Secretary of Janata Dal and later became its Senior Vice-President. From 2002 to 2008 he represented

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from

party.

Shah Bano case protest

Obaidullah Khan Azmi became popular by his public speeches against

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Judgment in

Shah Bano case ''Mohd. Ahmad Khan v. Shah Bano Begum'' 985 (1) SCALE 767 = 1985 (3) SCR 844 = 1985 (2) SCC 556 = AIR 1985 SC 945 commonly referred to as the Shah Bano case, was a controversial maintenance lawsuit in India, in which the Supreme Court delivered ...

. The audio cassettes of his speech were widely circulated and sold. He, at the time, had become a most sought after speaker for anti-Shah Bano case meetings in

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filed case against the Maulana and expelled him from Mumbai declaring his speeches inflammatory.Akhbar e alam, Urdu weekly

External links

Profile on Rajya Sabha website

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Shah Bano case protest

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