Tauseef Alam (born 1 January 1980) is an

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. He was a member of

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from 2005 until 2020 representing Bahadurganj Vidhan Sabha constituency. He was the youngest MLA at the age of 26 after winning the February 2005 election.

Early life and education

Md Tauseef Alam was born in village Gargawn Milik in Bahadurganj,

Kishanganj Kishanganj is a city and district headquarters of Kishanganj district in Purnia division of Bihar state in India. History Kishanganj, which was previously part of Purnia district, is part of the Mithila region. Mithila first gained prominen ...

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. He has done his Fauqania (

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) in 1996 from Bihar Madarsa Education Board. In 1998 he moved into politics and served as mukhya during 2000 to 2004.

Personal life

His father's name is Jamshed Alam. Md Tauseef Alam married Tarana Ashfi in year 2013. He is son-in-law of Izhar Asfi.

Political career

In 1998, he entered politics. In February 2005

election he contested as an

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candidate from Bahadurganj Vidhan Sabha and got elected at the age of 26. But due to

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no government could be formed in Bihar. Fresh elections were held in October–November the same year. President's rule was imposed in between the two elections. And in October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections he contested as an

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candidate and saved his seat again. In two consecutive elections,

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, he had his third and fourth win respectively. In the 2015 election he defeated Awadh Bihari Singh of

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by 13,942 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alam, Md. Tauseef Living people 1980 births People from Kishanganj district Bihar MLAs 2005–2010 Bihar MLAs 2010–2015 Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar