Abdul Kalam
Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly
In office
1996–2005
Preceded byAmarnath Yadav
Succeeded byRabiya Kalam
ConstituencyVaranasi
Personal details
Died2005
NationalityIndian
Political partySamajwadi Party
SpouseRabiya Kalam

Abdul Kalam (Hindi: अब्दुल कलाम, Urdu: عبدل کلام) was an Indian politician. He was the member of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly from Varanasi.[1]

Political life

Abdul Kalam was first elected as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the year 1996. In the year 2002, he was again elected as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the same seat, but Abdul died in the year 2005 due to illness.[2]

When Abdul Kalam died due to illness in the year 2005, Samajwadi Party nominated his wife Rabiya Kalam as its candidate from Varanasi North Assembly.[3]

References

  1. "SP's former MLA in fray on Congress symbol". The Times of India. 2017-02-05. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  2. "The new script of political battle". The Times of India. 2011-12-29. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  3. "UP assembly polls 2022: In Varanasi, BJP retains sitting ministers, MLAs". The Times of India. 2022-02-08. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
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