Munawwar Hasan

Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan (15 May 1964 – 10 December 2008) was an MP and political activist during Mulayam Singh Yadav's Government between 2003 and 2007.

Personal life Munawwar was born in a Muslim Gujjar family to Akhtar Hasan, who was also an MP. One of his ancestors converted to Islam around the turn of the 1900s and the branch of his family which remained Hindu, which include Hukum Singh, are now political rivals. He had four brothers and three sisters, was married to Begum Tabassum Hasan, and had one son (Nahid Hasan) and one daughter (Iqra Hassan).

Political life Munawwar was elected to the State Legislative assembly from Kairana Assembly constituency in 1991 and 1993 by defeating Hukum Singh. Hasan then elected to Lok Sabha in 1996 on a Samajwadi Party ticket. He was again elected on a Samajwadi Party ticket from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh in 2004, but rebelled at the time of 22 July trust vote. He was expelled by the Samajwadi Party, which also filed a petition seeking his disqualification from the House. The petition was pending with the Lok Sabha Speaker. He later joined the Bahujan Samaj Party. SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav sent Hasan to Rajya Sabha in 1998 after he lost the lok sabha election to Virendra Verma.

Death He was killed in a road accident near Palwal in the state of Haryana in 2008.

Positions held Year Description 1991–1993 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1993–1996 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (2nd term) 1996–1998 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha Member, Committee on Railways Member, House Committee Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism Member, Committee on Agriculture 1998–2004 Member, Rajya Sabha Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism 2004-2004 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council 2004–2008 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term) Member, Committee on Labour Member, Committee on MPLADS

Elections contested

YearElection TypeConstituencyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentageRef1991 MLA Kairana 42.34% Hukum Singh INC 27.80% 1993 MLA Kairana 37.94% Hukum Singh INC 32.16% 1996 MP Kairana 32.75% Udai Veer Singh BJP 30.97% 1998 MP Kairana 31.50% Virendra Verma BJP 40.13% 1999 MP Kairana 19.39% Amir Alam Khan RLD 29.82% 2004 MP Muzaffarnagar 35.51% Amarpal Singh BJP 27.51%