Akhtarul Islam Shahin is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is serving as a third term member of the

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is ...

from

Samastipur Assembly constituency Samastipur Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituency is in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar. Overview As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 133 Warisnagar Assembly constituency is composed ...

since 2010. He is a representing the

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's Party) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has traditionally been Other ...

, led by

Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997 with a brief interruption in 1995 and as the union minister for Railways from 2004 to 2009. He is the founder and president o ...

and

Tejashwi Yadav Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (born 9 November 1989) is an Indian politician and former professional cricketer who served for two terms as the deputy chief minister of Bihar. He is the son of former chief ministers of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabr ...

. He is the deputy chief whip of Rashtriya Janata Dal, the main opposition party in the state legislature since 2022.

Early life and education

Shahin was born to Abdus Salam in Samastipur district of Bihar. He has completed his Intermediate from Inter College, Patna.

Career

Akhtarul Islam Shahin fought

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010 was held in six phases over a period of one month starting from 21 October until 20 November in all 243 constituencies of Bihar, India. The election is conducted to elect the government in Bihar for ...

at the age of 31 from Samastipur Assembly constituency as a candidate of Rashtriya Janata Dal and won against nearest rival

Ram Nath Thakur Ram Nath Thakur (born 3 March 1950 in Karpoori Gram, Samastipur district, Bihar) a politician from the Janata Dal (United) party, is a member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament. He ...

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a Social democracy, social-democratic and secular List of political parties in India, Indian political party, rooted mainly in East India, eastern and Northeast India, ...

with a margin of 1827 votes. He again won

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Legislative Assembly election was held over five phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. In April 2015, the Janata Parivar Alliance group ...

from the same constituency against the nearest rival Renu Kumari, a candidate 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 ...

with a margin of 31080 votes. He won

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 20 ...

from the same constituency against the rival candidate Ashwamedh Devi of Janata Dal (United) with a margin of 4714 votes.

References

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