Nahid Hasan is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was also a member of the 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Hasan represents the

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constituency of

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and is a member of the

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Early life and education

Nahid Hasan was born in a

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family of

in the district of Shamli in

. Hasan holds

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degree from Holmes Institute in

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. His father Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan was an MLA in the 11th and the 12th legislative assemblies of Uttar Pradesh as well as a Member of 11th and 14th Lok Sabha and became Rajya sabha member from 1998 till 2003. Munawwar Hasan was also elected as a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur Local Body Authorities constituency in 2003. Nahid's mother, Begum Tabassum Hasan has also been elected to the Lok Sabha in 2009 and 2018.

Political career

Nahid Hasan has been a MLA for three-terms. Hasan represents

constituency and is a member of the

. In Oct. 2014, he was elected to office after sitting member Hukum Singh got elected to the 16th Lok Sabha. In the by-poll election, he defeated Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Anil Kumar by a margin of 1,099 votes. He was elected to the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in 2017, he defeated Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Mriganka Singh by a margin of 21,162 votes. In 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Hasan again defeated Mriganka Singh by 25,887 votes.

Legal cases

Nahid Hasan broke the traffic rule and misbehaved with the police. After the incident, he ran away and wasn't found at his residence in Police raid. Later, he was declared as 'absconder' and was booked under sections 153, 353 and 453 of the IPC. A total of 12 FIRs have been lodged on Hasan which include serious crimes like attempt to murder, forgery and attempt to incite communal tensions.

Posts held

Elections contested

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