Obaidullah_Khan_Azmi

Obaidullah Khan Azmi

Obaidullah Khan Azmi

Indian politician

Obaidullah Khan Azmi is an Indian Sunni Islamic politician from Indian National Congress.[3][5] He was a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament from 1990 to 2008. He represented Uttar Pradesh during 1990-96 and from Jharkhand during 1996–2002 from Janata Dal party. During 1992–96 he was General Secretary of Janata Dal and later became its Senior Vice-President.[1][6] From 2002 to 2008 he represented Madhya Pradesh from Indian National Congress party.[7][8][9][10]

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Shah Bano case protest

Obaidullah Khan Azmi became popular by his public speeches against Supreme Court Judgment in Shah Bano case. The audio cassettes of his speech were widely circulated and sold. He, at the time, had become a most sought after speaker for anti-Shah Bano case meetings in Mumbai. Mumbai police filed case against the Maulana and expelled him from Mumbai declaring his speeches inflammatory.[11][12]

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References

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    "Madhya pradesh(Rajya Sabha) - Statement as on 23/07/2015 | DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER MPLADS". mplads.nic.in. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
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    Akhbar e alam, Urdu weekly
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