Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Who is Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi?

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party and former Indian federal minister. He was born in Allahabad on October 15, 1957.

Naqvi studied at Allahabad University. He was jailed for activism during the Emergency of 1975–77.

His first bid at elected office was in 1980, when he ran for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly seat for the Allahabad West constituency representing the Janata Party. He ran again in 1989, this time for the Ayodhya constituency as an independent candidate.

He also contested in 1991 and 1993 from Mau Vidhansabha.

He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1998 from Rampur.

In 1998 he was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and was also given responsibility over the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

As of 2010, he is a national vice-president of the BJP, and is the party's most prominent Muslim member. For the second time, he is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. He has written two books: Syah in 1991 and Danga in 1998.

He has been member of following parliamentary and other committees:

⁕Committee on Finance