Mujahid Alam (born 27 December 1969) is an Indian politician. He was the member of

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated ...

May 2014 to November 2020 and represented Kochadhaman Vidhan Sabha constituency.

Early life and education

Alam was born in village Kairi Birpur in

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

, Bihar and completed his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at

Patna College Patna College is a constituent state aided College of Patna University which is established in 1863 during the British Raj, is one of the oldest colleges in the state of Bihar, India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, ...

in 1990.

Personal life

His father's name is Jamilur Rahman. Mujahid Alam is married to Gulchaman Roshan Ara. He has three daughters.

Political career

He entered politics in the year 2010. He was elected as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly in May 2014 Kochadhaman assembly by-election as

JD(U) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Aruna ...

candidate. And again retained his seat in 2015 Bihar Vidhan Sabha election by defeating

Akhtarul Iman Akhtarul Iman (born 7 March 1964) is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He is a member of 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly, representing the Amour seat as MLA. He is also the Bihar State President of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Mu ...

AIMIM The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen ( en, All India Council for Unity of Muslims) ( AIMIM) is an Indian political party based primarily in the city of Hyderabad. It is also a significant political party in the Indian States of Telangana ...

. He was unable to hold his position in 2020 assembly election and lost to Izhar Asfi of AIMIM by a margin of more than 40000 votes.

References

People from Kishanganj district 1969 births Living people Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 Janata Dal (United) politicians Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 {{Bihar-JDU-politician-stub