Mohammed Ziauddin Rizvi is an Indian politician. He is the Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from

Sikanderpur Assembly constituency Sikanderpur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Sikanderpur in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Sikanderpur is one of five assembly constituencies in the Salempur Lok Sabha constituenc ...

. He had served as the Minister of Panchayati Raj in

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

Government of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

headed by Akhilesh Yadav. He got elected for the third term in 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election succeeding Sanjay Yadav of

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

Early life and education

Mohammad Ziauddin Rizvi was born to Mohammad Ainuddin Rizvi and Deeba Rizvi on 1 January 1959 at Siwankala village,

Ballia district Ballia district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ballia district is a part of Azamgarh division situated in the east of Uttar Pradesh. The main economic activity is agriculture. City is the district headquarters and commercial ...

of Uttar Pradesh. He is a Graduate in Bachelor of Arts from the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University in 1986.

Personal life

Rizvi is married to Ayesha Rizvi and they had three children including Mariyam Rizvi.

Controversies

An audio of Rizvi went viral in which he threatened a youth leader of Samajwadi Party. Rizvi had supported a candidate other than the candidate announced by his Party. Rizvi said in an election campaign that when Samajwadi Party will be in Government, the people who had flags of Bharatiya Janata Party in their homes will not be given Lohiya Aawas and pension.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rizvi, Mohammed Ziauddin Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007 1959 births People from Ballia district