Raashid Alvi (), is an Indian politician who served as a member of the

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from both the

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and

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. He is currently a member of the

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party.

Early life

Raashid Alvi was born in Chandpur,

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, on 15 April 1956, to Islama Khatoon and Malik Irfan Ahmad Alvi, a freedom fighter

Political career

He served as the All India general secretary of the Janata Dal In 1999, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Amroha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, defeating former Test cricketer and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate

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by over 90,000 votes. He had unsuccessfully contested the same seat in the 1996 elections. He served as the Parliamentary Party leader of the

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 ...

from 1999 to 2004. He was expelled from the Bahujan Samaj Party in 2004 after he had accused party president Mayawati of working under BJP pressure and taking bribes for allotting party tickets. He later joined the Congress party and was twice elected to the Rajya Sabha from

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and served in the Indian Parliament from 2004–2012. He also served as an official spokesperson of the Indian National Congress. Alvi failed to get a Rajya Sabha renomination and was dropped as the party spokesperson in 2013.

References

External links

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Raashid Alvi's Profile on Jan Pratinidhi
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