Mohammed Moquim (born 3 July 1965) is an Indian politician from INC. He was a member of the

Odisha Legislative Assembly The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises List of constituencies of Odisha ...

from Barabati-Cuttack.

Personal life

Moquim is from Lalbag,

Cuttack district Cuttack district is one of the 30 districts of Odisha state in India. It is located in the coastal part of the state and its administrative headquarters are located in the city of Cuttack. As of 2011 Census, after Ganjam district, Ganjam, it is t ...

. His father's name is Mohammed Nayeem. He is married to Firdousia Bano and has 2 daughters namely Sofia Firdous and Nayeema Tazeen. He passed BE From

Orissa Engineering College Orissa Engineering College, Bhubaneswar is a First private engineering college established in Odisha. It was set up in 1986. Orissa Engineering College is the Odisha Electronics Control Library result of the vision of Shri Kamini Kanta Patnai ...

in 1990. He owns ''Metro Group'' which is into

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and Real estate business in

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Career

He contested

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election The 2019 Odisha assembly election, held between April 11 and April 29, was the 16th quinquennial legislative assembly election to elect 147 MLAs to the 16th legislative assembly of Odisha. Covering 147 constituencies across four phases, the p ...

from Barabati-Cuttack Vidhan Sabha and won the seat on 23 May 2019.

Controversies

In 2024,

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convicted him in Odisha Rural Housing & Development Corporation loan fraud case and thus making him ineligible to contest in

2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the eastern coastal state of Odisha from 2024 elections in India, 13 May to 1 June 2024 to elect the List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, 147 members of the Odisha Legislativ ...

References

Living people 1965 births Odisha MLAs 2019–2024 Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha {{Odisha-INC-politician-stub