Amanatullah Khan
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
12 February 2015
Preceded byAsif Muhammad Khan
ConstituencyOkhla
Personal details
Born (1974-01-10) January 10, 1974[1]
Agwanpur, Meerut[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Other political
affiliations		Lok Jan Shakti Party
SpouseShafia Khan[1]
Children2
Alma materJamia Millia Islamia[2]
Profession
  • Businessperson
  • politician

Amanatullah Khan is an Indian politician and is member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and represents Okhla (Assembly constituency) of Delhi in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.[3] Khan is the elected chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board since November 2020.[4]

Early life

Amanatullah Khan was born in Agwanpur village, Meerut district to Waliullah Khan. He attended the Jamia Millia Islamia but did not complete his degree. He is educated till twelfth grade, which he passed in 1992–93.[1][2] He is married to Shafia Khan and has a son and a daughter.[1]

Political career

Khan had unsuccessfully contested in the 2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election and 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election as a Lok Jan Shakti Party candidate. In 2013 he got 3600 votes and ended on sixth position.[5][6][7]

Since 2015 Amanatullah Khan is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.

Member of Legislative Assembly (2015 - 2020)

In 2015 he contested elections for the Legislative Assembly of Delhi and won, becoming a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.

On 20 July 2016, a woman alleged that Khan's supporters threatened her after her complaint about electricity supply. She then filed a case against Khan for allegedly threatening her at the Jamia Nagar Police station in South Delhi.[8] On 23 July Khan held a press conference and said that the woman was "pressurised" by the police to give a false statement against him.[9] When the incident was reported, Khan said he was out of the town in Meerut on 9 and 10 July, and his children were in Kashmir on a holiday.[8] Next day on 24 July 2016 Delhi Police arrested Khan and sent him to custody. On 28 July 2016 Khan got bail from the court as he was not required for the investigation.[9] The Aam Aadmi Party released a video footage and a transcript of a conversation involving the complainant woman saying that, "the SHO of Jamia Nagar police station asked her to add allegations of threats — on raping and killing her — in the FIR". AAP said that other AAP MLAs were also similarly targeted like Khan in false cases by Delhi Police.[8]

On 18 April 2017, Khan said that members of the Indian National Congress had fired guns at him in the presence of police, when members of the Congress and Aam Aami Party clashed with each other in the Jamia Nagar area ahead of local municipal elections.[10] On 28 January 2018, two members of Congress filed assault case against Khan.[11]

On 20 February 2018, an assault case was filed by Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash against Khan and fellow legislator Prakash Jarwal for allegedly slapping and abusing him.[12] In 2021, a Delhi court dismissed the assault case filed by the Delhi bureaucrat against Kejriwal and ten AAP MLAs and discharged them of all charges. The court noted that "no prima facie case" was made against them.[13]

Member of Legislative Assembly (2020 onwards)

In 2020 he defeated Braham Singh of BJP by a margin of 71,664 votes in the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. Since 2020, he is an elected member of the 7th Delhi Assembly. His term as MLA in the Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi is his second term.

In April 2020, a video of man assaulting a 14 year old child at Dasna temple in UP had gone viral. A far right Hindu Yati Narsinghand Saraswati released a video supporting the assaulter and also made disparaging comments against Prophet Muhammad. Khan filed a police complaint at Jamia Nagar police station against Saraswati for "hurting religious sentiments". He said, "There are uncouth words that are below the standards of being repeated. It is needless to say that such statements for cheap publicity and personal gain hurts sentiments of Muslims at large. Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati with all his knowledge and intention has hurt religious sentiments of the Muslim community not only in India, but all the over the world." Khan had posted a reaction video where he was seen calling for Narsinghand's beheading and cutting off his tongue, followed by a statement that even though his words call for beheading, "we have faith in the Constitution and the law and we hope an FIR will be registered against him and he will be sent to jail". Later a police complaint was filed against Khan for allegedly threatening Narsinghand.[14]

Khan had publicly criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party led Union government. In May 2022, the BJP led Municipal body in Delhi had organized a drive where structures were destroyed with bulldozers (backhoe). Khan led protests against the demolition drive and was arrested for the same. He was released on bail next day.[15]

Committee assignments of Delhi Legislative Assembly[16]
  • Chairman (2020-2022), Committee on Welfare of Minorities[17]
  • Member (2020-2022), General Purposes Committee[17]
  • Member (2020-2022), Committee on the issues related to Unauthorised Colonies[17]
  • Member (2020-2023), Committee on Government Undertakings[18]
  • Member (2022-2023), Library Committee[18]
  • Member (2022-2023), Committee on Ethics[18]
  • Member (2022-2023), Committee on Welfare of Minorities[18]
  • Member (2022-2023), House Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour By Government Officers with MLAs - (Elected by the House)[18]

Criminal History

Amanatullah Khan is known for his mischievous acts. Police declared him history-sheeter in March 2022. 18 First Information Reports (FIRs) have been leveled against him till March 2022. In May he was arrested for protesting against the anti-encroachment drive. He also considered as a habitual criminal as he was involved in land-grabbing and hurt offenses. He also failed to deter from criminal activities despite the prosecutions made against him.[19]

On 16 September 2022, he was arrested again in a corruption case. On 26 September he was sent to Judicial custody and released on bail on 28 September 2022.[20]

Electoral performance

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Okhla[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Parvez Hashmi 29,303 28.53 -26.30
RJD Asif Muhammad Khan 28,762 28.00 -0.06
BSP Braham Singh Bidhuri 22,064 21.48 +20.23
BJP Surender Kumar 14,049 13.68 -14.26
SP Wasim Ahmed Ghazi 4,499 4.38 +7.96
LJP Amanatullah Khan 699 0.68
Majority 541 0.53 -26.36
Turnout 102,726 49.0 -4.91
INC hold Swing -26.30
Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Okhla[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Asif Muhammad Khan 50,004 36.34 +14.28
AAP Irfanullah Khan 23,459 17.05
BJP Dhir Singh Bidhuri 23,358 16.98 +13.86
BSP Braham Singh 20,392 14.82 -7.96
Janata Dal (United) Shoab Danish 9,735 7.08
LJP Amanatullah Khan 3,747 2.72
SP Amiruddin 2,395 1.74
NOTA None of the above 454 0.33
Majority 26,545 19.29 +13.09
Turnout 137,632 58.33
INC gain from RJD Swing +14.28
Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Okhla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Amanatullah Khan 104,271 62.56 +45.51
BJP Braham Singh 39,739 23.84 +6.86
INC Asif Muhammad Khan 20,135 12.08 -24.26
BSP Ashraf Kamal 696 0.41 -14.41
NOTA None of the above 519 0.31 -0.02
Majority 64,352 38.72 +19.43
Turnout 1,66,702 60.94
AAP gain from INC Swing +33.38
Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Okhla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Amanatullah Khan 130,367 66.03 +3.47
BJP Braham Singh 58,540 29.65 +5.81
INC Parvez Hashmi 5,123 2.59 -9.49
BSP Dharam Singh 830 0.42 +0.01
NOTA None of the above 637 0.32 +0.01
Majority 71,827 36.38 -2.34
Turnout 1,97,652 58.97 -1.97
Registered electors 3,35,539
AAP hold Swing +3.47

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Member Profile". U.P. Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Election result". Election commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ↑ PTI (19 November 2020). "AAP's Amanatullah Khan Elected As Chairman Of Delhi Waqf Board". NDTV. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Comprehensive Election results". Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "2013 election". myneta.info. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 "AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan arrested for threatening woman". Indian Express. IANS. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  9. 1 2 "AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan gets bail". Economic Times. PTI. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan claims Congress workers fired at him". 20 April 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "Clash between AAP MLA and Congress social worker, two FIRs lodged". The Hindu. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Delhi Chief Secretary 'assault': AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal granted bail by Delhi High Court". 9 March 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  13. ↑ Ohri, Raghav (12 August 2021). "Court throws out assault case against Arvind Kejriwal and 10 Others". The Economic Times. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "FIR against AAP's Amanatullah Khan for 'threatening' Dasna temple priest". The Indian Express. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Delhi AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan Arrested Over Corruption Case Linked to Waqf Board". The Wire. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  16. ↑ "Committee System in Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi" (PDF). Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  17. 1 2 3 "Delhi Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory Of Delhi Composition Of House Committees 2021-2022". Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 "Delhi Assembly Committees". www.delhiassembly.nic.in. Delhi Assembly. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  19. ↑ "Arrested AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan a 'History-Sheeter', 'Bad Character': Police". TheQuint. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  20. ↑ "Delhi Waqf Board case: Court grants bail to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan". The Times of India. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  21. ↑ 2008 Election Commission of India
  22. ↑ Assembly Elections December 2013 Results, Election Commission of India
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