Zeeshan Baba Siddique (born 3 October 1992) is an Indian politician belonging to the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party . He is a former MLA in

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from Vandre East. Siddique was expelled from Congress in August 2024 for cross-voting in the Maharashtra legislative council elections. He joined

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-led

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(NCP) on 25 October 2024.

Personal life and education

Siddique was born on 3 October 1992 in

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, to late politician

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and his wife Shehzeen Siddique. He has a sister Dr. Arshia Siddique who briefly joined politics before eventually becoming a doctor. Siddiqui graduated with a Bachelor of Management Studies from M. M. K. College, University of Mumbai in 2013. In July 2015, he completed his Master's degree in Global Management & Public Leadership at the

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. On 12 October 2024, his father, who was a member of the

, was shot dead at Siddique's office by unidentified assailants.

Politics

In the 2019 Assembly elections, Siddique contested as a Congress candidate and won as a first term member of the

representing the Vandre East constituency in

, which was earlier represented by his father. He garnered 38,337 votes by defeating

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who was the then mayor of Mumbai by a margin of 5,790 votes. Siddique was expelled from Indian National Congress in August for cross-voting in the Maharashtra legislative council elections. He followed his father Baba Siddiqui in joining the Ajit Pawar led Nationalist Congress Party and was fielded from Vandre East in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. He received 46,343 votes and lost to Varun Sardesai of

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by a margin of 11,365 votes.

Controversy

In May 2021, the

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ordered a probe against Siddique and

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regarding their procurement of

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drug for their charitable efforts during the pandemic.

Personal life and education

Politics

Controversy

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