Abdul Alim Khan
Abdul Alim Khan (1950–1993) was born in a small village called Badi, which comes under Sitapur, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 26 January 1950 in Uttar Pradesh, India. He was a PhD in Urdu Literature and wrote for publications like Inquilab Times and Urdu times.[1]
Political career
Alim Khan was drawn to the Janata party in his early days as a teenager. Later, from 1975 to 1977, Alim Khan was arrested along with several other opposition leaders during the Internal Emergency imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian National Congress party. His ability to connect with crowds, combined with his exceptional oratory skills, made him a sought-after leader and he was hailed as a crowd puller. He actively participated in the activities of the Janata Party.
Alim Khan, who was termed as Vajpayee's protégé, then joined many of his Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh colleagues, and became the Party general secretary in Maharashtra along with his friends Pramod Mahajan and Gopinath Munde in the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party.
His activism and relentless work in Bharatiya Janata Party led him to lead various gatherings across the country.
As a Bharatiya Janata Party Muslim leader, he was a permanent fixture and crowd puller at the various rath yatras held by the Bharatiya Janata Party across the country under the leadership of L K Advani and was also present in Ayodhya during the Babri Masjid movement.
Khan, as he was fondly called, was also highly respected amongst allies like Shiv Sena as well as amongst rival political parties.
Known to be the man behind the scenes, he had to yield to party pressure to contest and gave a tough fight in the Chinchpokli constituency in the Legislative assembly.
His untimely death on 5 June 1993 at the young age of 43 stunned many and created a vacuum which was hard to fill. His funeral procession held in Santacruz, Mumbai saw a sea of people including politicians across party lines and business houses and included stalwarts like Party President Mr L K Advani, Pramod Mahajan, Sikandar Bhakt, Gopinath Munde, Murli Manohar Joshi, Prakash Javdekar, Nitin Gadkari, Prakash Mehta, MP Lodha, Shatrughan Sinha, Bhagvatji, Vinod Tawde, Madhu Chavan etc.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ Government Gazette: North-Western Provinces and Oudh. 1890. Search this book on
- ↑ M. Rahman (1989-12-31). "Maharashtra: Shiv Sena, BJP throw the gauntlet at Sharad Pawar: Indiascope - India Today 31121989". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ "State Elections 2004 - Partywise Comparison for 25-Chinchpokli Constituency of Maharashtra". Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ "Chinchpokli Assembly Election 1990, Maharashtra". Empoweringindia.org. 1990-02-27. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ "Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". Elections.in. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
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