Summary
Ahmaed Hassan (Bengali: আহমেদ হাসান) alias Imran is a journalist[1] and was a Member of Rajya Sabha from West Bengal, India.[2][3][4][5] He had sworn into the parliament on 9 June 2014.[6] In April 2017, he was selected as the Chairman for the Telephone Advisory Committees by the Govt. of India.[7] He is now the Chairman of West Bengal Minorities Commission w.e.f 22/06/2023. During his parliament tenure he got many allegations regarding terror connection with Bangladesh JMB, Pakistan ISIS and other major terrorist organizations.[8]
Ahamed Hassan | |
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 Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Hassan Imran (left) with the former Minister of External Affairs of India, Sushma Swaraj (right) | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 2014 – 2 April 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Barun Mukherji |
| Succeeded by | Dinesh Trivedi |
| Constituency | West Bengal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Srihatta, Sylhet, East Pakistan |
| Political party | AITC |
Early life edit
Ahmed Hassan Imran was one of the founders of the Students Islamic Movement of India, a terror organization responsible for many terror attacks across the country. Like the popular Malayalam daily Madhyamam from Muslim community in Kerala, the Bangla daily Qalam has too consolidated its foothold under his stewardship in West Bengal. Started 30 years ago as a monthly, turned into a weekly after some years, Qalam has emerged as the best and the most popular daily since 2012 with a large circulation in the Bengali community.
Born in the erstwhile Srihatta district, Sylhet, East Pakistan,[9] he obtained his education from his native place. Since his student days, he remained active among students and youth and earned a reputation of a popular leader in Bengali community. It is a fact that there was no dearth of efforts for a Bangla newspaper from the Bengali Muslim community since even before Independence, but his Qalam, evolved from a monthly into a daily, fulfilled the long due need of the community.
Controversies edit
Ahmed Hasan Imran was born in a village in Srihatta, Sylhet, in East Pakistan and entered India from East Pakistan in 1970-71, before the creation of Bangladesh. Imran worked as Executive Editor of a Bengali magazine named “Kalam” in West Bengal. However, he later sold the magazine to Sharadha group chief Sudipta Sen. Imran had also worked as an India Correspondent for the Bangladeshi daily Naya Diganta. It is worth noting that Naya Diganta is a mouthpiece of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh. During their investigations, the intelligence agencies found that Ahmed Hasan Imran had links with Pakistan’s ISI. He was also the founding member of the now-banned Islamist terror outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in Aligarh Muslim University. He also worked for Jamat-e-Islami (previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, JMB), Jamat-ul-Mujahidin and other Islamic terrorist organisations.[1][10][11][12][13]
References edit
- ^ "TMC fields painter Jogen for RS seat". The Indian Express. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ Bandopadhyay, Sabyasachi (7 February 2014). "RS elections: Trinamool wins as Cong, Left Front MLAs vote in favour". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ Chowdhury, Rajib (8 February 2014). "Cross-vote cloud on Bengal vote". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Defections help TMC's 4th candidate sail through to Rajya Sabha". The Times of India. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Six legislators cross-vote in West Bengal". Zee News. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Ahmed Hassan Imran speaks in RS on the situation due to floods in the country". Rajya Sabha TV. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ "সাংসদ আহমেদ হাসান ইমরান বিএসএনেল টেলিফোনের উপদেষ্টা কমিটির চেয়ারম্যান পদে নিযুক্ত হয়েছেন". Sangbad Pratidin. 18 April 2017.
- ^ "Trinamool's Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Hassan Imran was interrogated by ED for over eight hours on Monday. The interrogation is still on which started around noon". The Times of India. 25 August 2014. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "TMC fields painter Jogen for RS seat". The New Indian Express. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (17 December 2020). "Why Mamata favoured Ahmed Hassan Imran". Sentinel Assam. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Bangladesh submitted worrying report on TMC Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Hassan Imran: Upendra Kushwaha". The Economic Times. 13 January 2015. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "'People are bringing up my SIMI connection to malign my image'". The Indian Express. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "TMC MP frontman for Bangladesh Jamat-e-Islami, says Gautam Deb". The Hindu. 11 May 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ Chanda, Arup (22 September 2014). "Mystery Surrounds Pakistan Citizen's TMC MP Post". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ Ganguly, Dr Anirban. "A rally for war criminals: Why are TMC, Left silent?". Rediff. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Trinamool MP Imran accused of links with Bangladesh terror groups". Hindustan Times. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2024.