Bukkal Nawab
| Bukkal Nawab | |
|---|---|
| Member(elect) of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 6 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | himself |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lucknow (India) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Samajwadi Party |
| Children | Faisal Nawab |
| Occupation | Politician And Landlord |
Bukkal Nawab is an Indian Politician and a leader of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. Nawab is considered to be a close associate of the Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav. He belongs to a prominent Nawab family while his ancestors served as the heads in the Royal Kingdom of Awadh. He started his political career in 1989 when he emerged victorious as an independent candidate from the Daulatganj Ward in the Lucknow Nagar Nigam elections and topped the state on the basis of best marginal win.In 1992 he was awarded the Best Councillor trophy by the Mayor Akhilesh Das Gupta.
Bukkal Nawab joined the Samajwadi Party in 1992 where he served as the General Secretary of the party in the state until 2004 when he was appointed as the Chairman in the Labour Department with a State Minister status by the ruling government. He has contested twice for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections representing Samajwadi Party from the Lucknow West seat but lost both the times with a minor marginal difference.[1] On 24 July 2012 he was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on the seat fallen vacant due to resignation of Chief Minister Mayawati, who chose to go to Rajya Sabha after being defeated in the assembly elections.[2] In 2015 his statement on the construction of Ram Mandir where he offered Ten Lakh rupees made countrywide controversy as the statement did not match the Party's ideology.[3] On 10 June 2016, he was re-elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.[4]
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- 1 2 "UP MLC poll witnesses heavy cross voting, Samajwadi Party emerges victorious - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-06-13.