Dr. Shahnawaz Rana (born 14 March 1976) is an Indian businessman, politician and former member of the

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from the Bijnor Assembly constituency. He has held the position of vice president of the Bar council of Uttar Pradesh in 2006-2007. Dr. Shahnawaz Rana has had the distinction of serving on the esteemed Waqf Board in 2009,a testament to his commitment to public service and community leadership. Rana, a member of the

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and the

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was elected as member of the State Legislative Assembly in 2007 from the Bijnor assembly seat. He defeated candidate Kunwar Bharatendra Singh of the

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in a very close contest. In 2012, Rana stood for reelection to the Assembly, but was unsuccessful, polling fewer votes than both the winning candidate, Kunvar Bharatendra Singh and the runner up, Mahboob. Rana is editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''Shahtimes'', one of his family's business enterprises.

Controversies

In 2017, an audio record of a phone call between Junaid Raza and Shahnawaz Rana went viral. Rana is alleged to have told Raza that he committed a murder when aged twelve. Rana however refuted the voice to be his. Electricity theft In the year 2010, a case of electricity theft by tampering the meters of factories in Nara sub-centre of Mansoorpur police station area came to light. After this, a report was filed by the then JE of the electricity department Kamlesh Chand Azad against factory employee Sunil Kumar, resident of Lajpat Nagar, Delhi. In the police investigation, the names of 10 people came to light, including former MLA of Bijnor Sadar Vidhan Sabha area Shahnawaz Rana and the owner of Doab Rolling Mill. The police had filed a charge sheet against all of them

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