Haji Fazlur Rehman is an Indian politician who has been a Member of Lok Sabha for Saharanpur since 2019.
Haji Fazlur Rehman | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Raghav Lakhanpal |
Constituency | Saharanpur |
Member, Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare | |
Assumed office 13 September 2019 | |
Constituency | Saharanpur |
Personal details | |
Born | Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | 30 November 1951
Political party | Bahujan Samaj Party |
Other political affiliations | Mahagathbandhan |
Children | 7 |
Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
Profession | Businessman |
Rehman graduated from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1972. His family are major beef exporters in Uttar Pradesh.[1]
On 27 February 2019, Mahagathbandhan, the grand alliance of Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal announced that Rehman would contest the upcoming 2019 Indian general election from Saharanpur constituency on the symbol of Bahujan Samaj Party.[2] On 23 May 2019, Rehman was elected to the Lok Sabha after defeating Raghav Lakhanpal of Bharatiya Janata Party, his nearest rival by a margin of 22,417 votes. Rehman polled 5,14,139 votes.[3][4][5]