Kunwar Danish Ali

Kunwar Danish Ali (born 10 April 1975) is an Indian politician and a former Member of parliament, Lok Sabha for Amroha, Uttar Pradesh.

Early life Ali was born in the Muslim family of Kunwar Jafar Ali and Nafees Jafar on 10 April 1975 in Hapur. He graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi. On 15 January 2005, Ali married Zubia Danish, with whom he has a son and two daughters. Six days later, Bahujan Samaj Party announced that Ali would contest the upcoming 2019 Indian general election from Amroha constituency. On 23 May, he was elected to the Lok Sabha after defeating Kanwar Singh Tanwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party, his nearest rival by a margin of nearly 63,000 votes. Ali was polled 601,082 votes.

He was the leader of Bahujan Samaj party in Lok Sabha from 6 November 2019 - 13 January 2020. He was a member of Consultative Committee for Ministry of Home Affairs from 2019 till 2024.

Ali joined Bahujan Samaj Party in March 2019 after leaving Janata Dal (Secular). On 9 December 2023, Bahujan Samaj Party suspended him for not following party line and engaging in anti-party activities.

Ali joined Indian National Congress on 20 March 2024. He contested the 2024 Indian general election from Amroha constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate. He was defeated by Kanwar Singh Tanwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 28,670 votes. Ali was polled 447,836 votes.