Aslam Shaikh
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2009
Preceded byConstituency created
ConstituencyMalad West
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
30 December 2019  29 June 2022
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Ministry and Departments
Deputy CMAjit Pawar
Preceded byRam Shinde (Textiles Ministry)
Anil Bonde (Fisheries Ministry)
Devendra Fadnavis (Ports Development)
Guardian minister of Mumbai City District Government of Maharashtra
In office
9 January 2020  29 June 2022
ConstituencyMalad West
Personal details
Born (1972-11-05) November 5, 1972
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseRizwana
Alma materSt. Anthony's High School (1986)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBusiness, Social Worker
WebsiteOfficial Website

Aslam Shaikh is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. He is serving as Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Malad West Assembly Constituency in Mumbai, Maharashtra.[1][2] He was serving as the Textile, Fisheries Department & Ports Development Minister in the former Maha Vikas Aghadi cabinet.[3]

Controversy

On 28 July 2015 Aslam Shaikh wrote a letter to then president of India Pranab Mukherjee seeking a mercy for 1993 bomb blast convict Yakub Memon.[4]

References

  1. "Malad West (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. "Aslam Shaikh of INC WINS the Malad west constituency in Maharashtra Assembly Election 2014". newsreporter.in. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  3. Chitnis, Purva. "Some Celebs Occupied Beds Despite Mild Symptoms: Maharashtra Minister". NDTV.com. NDTV. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. "Maharashtra Congress minister Aslam Shaikh in soup after his letter seeking mercy for Yakub Memon resurfaces". timesnownews.com. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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