Sarfaraz Alam

Sarfaraz Alam
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
14 March 2018 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byMohammed Taslimuddin
Succeeded byPradeep Kumar Singh
ConstituencyAraria
Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
for Araria
In office
2010–2019
In office
1996–2005
Personal details
BornVillage- Sisona, Thana- Jokihat, Post Office- Jokihat, Dist- Araria
NationalityIndian
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal
ParentMohammed Taslimuddin

Sarfraz Alam is an Indian politician who represented the Araria seat of Bihar in the Indian Parliament as a candidate of Rashtriya Janata Dal from 2018 to 2019.

Personal life

Alam is the son of Mohammed Taslimuddin, who was a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal and an MP from the Araria seat. He has 7 children with his wife Begum Shania.[1]

Career

Alam had been elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly (from Jokihat seat) for four terms (1996, 2000, 2010, 2015) - first and second term as a candidate of Rashtriya Janata Dal, and the next two as a candidate of Janata Dal (United).[2]

In January 2016, he was suspended by his party after a FIR was lodged against him for allegedly misbehaving with a couple in a train.[3]

In February 2018, Alam rejoined Rashtriya Janata Dal. He said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had betrayed secular forces by breaking the Mahagathbandhan alliance and allying with Bharatiya Janata Party.[4] Subsequently, he was nominated by the party to contest the Parliamentary bypoll for the seat of Araria (vacated due to the death of sitting MP Mohammed Taslimuddin).[5] He won the election, held in March by a margin of 61 thousand votes.[6]

References

  1. ^ "From father to son, flow of power & fear". The Telegraph. 23 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. ^ "MLA accused in sexual harassment case". The Times of India. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. ^ "MLA accused in sexual harassment case". The Hindu. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Suspended JD(U) MLA Sarfaraz Alam joins RJD ahead of Araria Lok Sabha bypoll". The Times of India. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  5. ^ "In Araria, BJP aims at Hindu consolidation of votes to topple RJD". Economic Times. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Araria Bihar Bye-election 2018 Results News Updates: RJD Candidate Sarfaraz Alam Wins by Over 61,000 Votes". India. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.