Rizwan Arshad is an Indian politician serving the

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 ...

from the southern state of India,

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

. He became an MLA for the first time in December 2019 after winning the bypolls from Shivajinagar Assembly. He was the Congress candidate for Bangalore Central constituency in the

2014 Lok Sabha election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

, where he lost against BJP's

P. C. Mohan P. Chikkamuni Mohan (born 24 July 1963) is an Indian politician and member of the 17th Lok Sabha from Bangalore Central constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a Member of the Parliamentary Committees on External Affa ...

. Five years later, he was the Congress- JDS joint candidate for Bangalore Central constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, where he again lost the parliamentary election to BJP's

Personal life

Rizwan Arshad is the son of R Q Arshad who was an Advocate and attempted to become an MLA as a Congress nominee in Mysore City by contesting against Azeez Sait but was defeated 4 consecutive times. His mother, Shehnaz Arshad, has an MA in English Literature. He has two siblings: Humaira and Safiya. He is married to Najeeha and has two children, Faizan and Afzan. Rizwan Arshad is a Bachelor of Commerce from St. Philomena's College, Mysore.

Political career

Rizwan Arshad started his political career through

NSUI The National Students Union of India, the student wing of the Indian National Congress (INC or Congress), was established on 9 April 1971. The organisation was founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Benga ...

in 1995–96, when he was elected as the class representative, St. Philomena's College. In 1997–98, he was elected as Senate member,

University of Mysore The University of Mysore is a public state university in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore. The university is recognised by the University Grants Commission ...

. He served as President College Unit, NSUI (1996), Vice President Mysore District Unit NSUI (1997) and State General Secretary, Karnataka State Unit NSUI (1998) and National General Secretary in 1999. He continued his career with

Indian Youth Congress The Indian Youth Congress is the youth wing of the Indian National Congress party. The Indian Youth Congress was a department of the Indian National Congress from the period just after the Partition of India in 1947 until the late 1960s. While p ...

as vice president, Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee (2004-2010) and National Secretary, Indian Youth Congress New Delhi (2010- 2011). In 2011, Rizwan became the first elected State President of Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress (KPYCC) with a decisive margin. In 2014, he was re-elected as President of KPYCC by garnering whopping 21,000 of 29,000 votes. Rizwan Arshad was the Congress Candidate from Bengaluru Central in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, but he lost to BJP candidate

. He secured 4,19,630 votes (39.05%) as against 5,57,130 (51.85%) by P. C. Mohan. On 10 June 2016, he was elected to the

Karnataka Legislative Council The Karnataka Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Karnataka state in South Western India. Karnataka is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses: the Leg ...

by getting 34 MLA votes, while the required quota to be elected was 29. As MLC, Rizwan Arshad was instrumental in getting funds for several developments and infrastructure in Bengaluru. Rizwan Arshad was the Congress- JDS joint candidate for Bangalore Central constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, losing once again against BJP's

. Rizwan Arshad received 5,31,885 votes (44.43%) in comparison to winning candidate

, BJP who received 6,02,853 votes (50.35%). Rizwan Arshad is MLA of Shivajinagar Assembly after winning the 5 December 2019 bypolls. The bypoll elections were due to the disqualification of R. Roshan Baig.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Arshad, Rizwan Living people Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council Indian National Congress politicians 1979 births Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka Politicians from Bangalore Karnataka MLCs 2014–2020 Kannada people Indian Muslims Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023 Karnataka MLAs 2023–2028

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