Haji Yaqoob Qureshi (born 1 January 1959) is a Former Minister of

Uttar Pradesh Government The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of I ...

. He is elected former MLA of Bahujan Samaj Party.

Biography

Haji yaqoob Quraishi was elected from the Meerut seat in 2007 as a UPUDF candidate. After this he changed his party to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). In 2012. He contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from

Meerut Meerut (, IAST: ''Meraṭh'') is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and west of the state capital ...

-Hapur lok sabha on BSP ticket. He lost by BJP Candidate

Rajendra Agrawal Rajendra Agrawal (born 2 October 1951) is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency) of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has been elec ...

.By 3000 votes

Controversy

He offered an $11 million reward for the death of cartoonists who drew cartoons that showed disrespect for Islam or the

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

. After the 2015 shooting at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris, he announced the prize to be taken in cash from him.

References

Living people Uttar Pradesh politicians 1959 births Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-BSP-politician-stub