Asim Ahmed Khan is an Indian politician (Delhi State), who was the minister of Food and Civil Supply, Environment and Forest, Minority Affairs and Election in the Delhi government. He was a member of the

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, ) is a List of political parties in India, political party in India. It was founded on 26 November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions, following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement against then gover ...

and represented Matia Mahal (Assembly constituency) in the

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. He left Aam Aadmi Party on 23 December 2024 and joined Indian National Congress.

Early life and education

Asim Ahmed Khan was born in Delhi. He attended the

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and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Politics

Asim Ahmed Khan is a member of the minority wing of the

(AAP). He contested the

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(MCD) elections in 2012 and received 6,300 votes. The AAP party website states that he has worked for 12 years in

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area and participated in numerous social activities. Khan contested Matia Mahal (Assembly constituency) in the

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s as an AAP candidate. He raised issues of education and health in his campaign. Khan won the seat with 47,584 votes. He defeated five-time MLA

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(who fought on an

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– INC – ticket) by a margin of 26,096 votes. Khan was "the less acknowledged 'giant killers'". Khan – who had a "poor experience in politics" – was expected to lose Iqbal, who won five times despite switching political parties four times. Iqbal had won the 2013 elections on a

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(JD(U)) ticket. The AAP won 67 of the total 70 seats in the Delhi assembly. Khan is one of four Muslim MLAs of the AAP in the

. ''

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'' described Khan as "key" to AAP, which won 80% of the Muslim vote. Khan and the AAP's minority wing were responsible for deflecting the Muslim votes – who traditionally voted for the Congress – to the AAP, which led to the AAP's decisive victory. Khan was sworn as a cabinet minister under the chief minister

Arvind Kejriwal Arvind Kejriwal (; born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician, activist and former bureaucrat, who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi. He was the chief minister from 2013 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2024. He is also the national conve ...

on 14 February 2015. He was put in charge of the Food and Civil Supply, Environment and Forest, Minority Affairs and Election ministries. On 9 October 2015, Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sacked the cabinet minister Asim Ahmed Khan on charges of corruption. He was accused of 'cutting a deal worth Rs. 6 lakh' with a local builder'. He was later given clean chit by CBI due to lack of evidence.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Asim Ahmed 1976 births Delhi MLAs 2015–2020 Living people Former members of Aam Aadmi Party from Delhi Indian National Congress politicians from Delhi

Early life and education

Politics

See also

References