Zia Ur Rahman Barq | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Shafiqur Rahman Barq |
Constituency | Sambhal |
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
In office 10 March 2022 – June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Mohammad Rizwan |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Constituency | Kundarki |
Personal details | |
Born | Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, India | July 3, 1988
Political party | Samajwadi Party |
Spouse | Tuba Hafeez |
Relations | Shafiqur Rahman Barq (grandfather) |
Children | 1 |
Education | Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Arts |
Alma mater | Chaudhary Charan Singh University (Meerut) Aligarh Muslim University |
Zia ur Rahman Barq is an Indian politician and Member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly since 10 March 2022 to 4 June 2024 from Kundarki constituency and Member of Parliament since 7 June 2024 from Sambhal as Samajwadi Party candidate.[1][2][3]
Zia ur Rahman Barq is the son of Mamluk Ur Rahman Barq and the grandson of Shafiqur Rahman Barq, who was the former Member of Parliament from Sambhal.[4][5][6]
In his student life, he was a Senior Cabinet Member & Acting Secretary of the Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union (AMUSU) in 2005-06.
Before 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he was the member of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.[7]
A complaint was filed over Ziaur for breaking the election rules.[8][9] Zia Ur Rahman Barq raised the demand to start Islamic studies in BHU[10] after the controversies in AMU to teach Sanatan Dharma.[11][12]