Qazi Nizamuddin
After Maharashtra and Jharkhand, the Delhi Assembly elections are next. There is a possibility of elections here in February 2025. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi is so far ahead in the preparations that it has even announced its candidate. Now Congress is also fully active. The party appointed Qazi Nizamuddin, MLA from Mangalore in Uttarakhand, for the Delhi elections.
A leader’s political status is judged by his electoral politics. What is the leader’s support base, does he win the election, and how successful is his electoral strategy. These are the parameters by which any party leader is judged. Talking about Qazi Nizamuddin, he is a leader with experience of campaigning and winning elections.
First became MLA in 2002
Qazi Nizamuddin was first elected as MLA from Mangalore seat in 2002. He contested the election for the Bahujan Samaj Party, defeating Congress candidate Sarwat Karim Ansari. After this, Qazi Nizamuddin also won the 2007 Mangalore elections as a BSP. There were defections from the Mangalore seat ahead of the 2012 elections. Qazi Nizamuddin contested the election on a Congress ticket, while Sarwat Karim Ansari, who contested from the Congress seat against him, contested from the BSP The seat was taken from his hands. The seat again went to the BSP and Qazi Nizamuddin lost the election.
Won first election to Congress
In 2012, a Congress government was formed in Uttarakhand, but Qazi Nizamuddin lost his seat. However, there was also turmoil within the Congress government. Many leaders quit the party. As a result, the Bharatiya Janata Party government came to power in 2017. However, Qazi Nizamuddin won the election. He won his first election on a Congress ticket. But in 2022, Sarwat Karim Ansari defeated him from BSP ticket by a slim margin of Rs 4,000.
Due to the death of Sarwat Karim Ansari in October 2023, the seat became vacant again, and in the 2024 by-election, Qazi Nizamuddin won the seat again.
Fight while fighting
During his legislative career, Qazi Nizamuddin continued to work for the party in other states, including Uttarakhand. In 2017, he was appointed as secretary of the All India Congress Committee. He was appointed co-incharge for the 2018 Rajasthan Assembly elections. Avinash Pandey is in charge of this election. The election went in favor of the Congress and the party formed the government under the leadership of Ashok Gehlot. However, Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot had a bitter dispute over the Chief Minister’s post, but eventually everything was resolved and Gehlot was in charge of the government for a full five years . This election was the first with Qazi Nizamuddin as co-chief and the party was successful in this election.
However, in August this year, he was appointed co-in-charge of Maharashtra, but the entire Mahavika Aghadi, including the Congress party, failed miserably here. Earlier, he was appointed as Kashmir State Media Coordinator for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.
family political background
Qazi Nizamuddin inherited politics. His father, Muhyiddin Muhyiddin, was a big politician. Before Uttarakhand became a separate state, he was elected as MLA from Laxar and Roorkee Assembly. He has also served as a minister in different governments of Uttar Pradesh.
delhi challenge
Delhi state has long been a challenge for the Congress. The Congress has been fighting for its survival here since the fall of the Sheila government and the entry of the Aam Aadmi Party. Be it the Assembly or Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party has performed poorly in every aspect in Delhi since 2013. In the 2015 and 2020 assembly elections, the Congress failed to win even a single seat among Delhi’s 70 seats.
In this challenging situation, Qazi Nizamuddin was appointed in charge of Delhi. When TV9 Digital spoke to Qazi Nizamuddin on the topic on Monday morning, he told us that he is currently in Mangalore and will soon reach Delhi. After reaching Delhi, he will sit with his team to discuss the future. strategy.
The former MP from Danish Abrar in Rajasthan will serve as joint chief along with Qazi Nizamuddin. Meenakshi Natarajan, Saharanpur MP Imran Masood and Pradeep Narwal have been made members of the screening committee.
