Shaikh Aasif Shaikh Rashid is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He was a Member of the

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituenci ...

from 2014-2019.

Political career

He won from the Malegaon Central Vidhan Sabha constituency in the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly election. Asif again contested the Maharashtra Assembly Election as Congress candidate in 2019 from Malegaon Central seat but lost to AIMIM candidate Mufti Ismail. In 2022, Asif resigned from the Congress Party and joined Sharad Pawar's NCP along with his father Shaikh Rashid. After the split in the NCP, Asif Shaikh announced to contest the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly Election as Independent. He however launched a new political party 'Indian Secular Largest Assembly of Maharashtra' or 'I.S.L.A.M.' on October 20, 2024, also announcing himself to be the candidate of the new party from Malegaon Central assembly seat for the 2024 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Polls.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rashid, Shaikh Aasif Shaikh Living people Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 Indian Muslims Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra Marathi politicians Year of birth missing (living people) People from Malegaon