Mohiuddin Bava is an Indian politician from the state of

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. He represented the Mangalore City North seat as a member of the

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party in the

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from 2013 to 2018.

Political career

Bava was named by the

party as the party candidate of the Mangalore City North seat for the

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. His Muslim supporters claimed that if he was not given a ticket, then Muslims might vote for other parties. He had previously unsuccessfully contested the seat in the 2008 Assembly election. He won the seat by defeating his nearest rival

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of the

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by 5,573 votes. In June 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party demanded action against Bava for distributing notebooks to students in his constituency which had picture of Bava printed on it. The president of the party's Mangalore north unit accused him of misusing political power.

Positions held

Personal life

Bava is the oldest son of late Ahmed Bava. Bava is the brother of businessman B M Farooq. Farooq was made a candidate of the

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party for the Rajya Sabha elections. However, Bava said that it was his brother's decision and he has his own priorities and opinion and had not promoted any family member to join any other party. Chief Minister

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warned him for failing to prevent his brother from contesting election on a Janata Dal (Secular) ticket. However, he was supported by

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President

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and said that Farooq had the right to take decisions. In February 2016, Bava was injured and his shoulder was fractured in a road accident. This occurred in

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as his car fell into a ditch, while he was on his way to the airport. Bava is also the first Indian to own a

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Controversy

* B A Mohiuddin Bava distributed 3.08 lakh books with his pictures on 13 June 2013. * Mangalore South MLA Mr.Vedavyas Kamath (

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) pressurized Mohiuddin Bava to withdraw case against son of former mayor, who assaulted Bava publicly. The attack took place when Bava went to pacify former mayor for not being issued ticket from congress to contest the election to the council of Mangalore City Corporation from Katipalla ward. *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bava, Mohiuddin Date of birth missing (living people) Living people Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018 Indian National Congress Year of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka