Chaudhary Khurshid Ahmed
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1988 – 1989 (by re-election)
Preceded byChaudhary Rahim Khan
Succeeded byBhajan Lal
Personal details
Born(1934-06-20)20 June 1934
Village Dhulawat, Taoru, British India
Died17 February 2020(2020-02-17) (aged 85)
Political partyLok Dal
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
ChildrenChaudhary Aftab Ahmed
EducationBachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Legislative Law
Alma materDelhi University
OccupationPolitician, lawyer

Chaudhary Khurshid Ahmed (20 June 1934 – 17 February 2020) was an Indian politician and a practicing lawyer[1] before the Supreme Court of India, who served as the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha. [2] He was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly to the Punjab and Haryana assembly five times, and was elected a Member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament, from the Faridabad (Lok Sabha Constituency) under the Lokdal party in a bypoll election proceeding the death of the previous office holder, Chaudhary Rahim Khan. Ahmed was a Member of Parliament for no longer than 8 months.[3][4]

Early life

Khurshid Ahmed was born to Chaudhary Kabir Ahmed and Faizan Begum. After independence, his father was twice elected to Haryana assembly.[3]

Personal life

Khurshid Ahmed married Firdos Begum in 1961. He had three sons and one daughter – Aftab Ahmed, Mehtab Ahmed, Anjum Ahmed and Rukhsana. Aftab Ahmed was elected as MLA from Nuh, Mewat on the ticket of Congress Party and was an ex-Cabinet minister of Haryana.[5] He was Vice-President of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee. Mehtab Ahmed is practicing lawyer, while youngest son Anjum Ahmed is Practicing lawyer in High Court of Punjab & Haryana.[3]

Political career

He was elected to the state assembly five times and twice and represented the Faridabad constituency once, Lok Sabha from the Lokdal party as well.[3][6][7][8][9][10]

1962Punjab Legislative Assembly
1968Haryana Legislative Assembly (Cabinet Minister)
1977Haryana Legislative Assembly
1979–82Haryana Legislative Assembly (Cabinet Minister)
1982–84Deputy Chairman, Planning Board, Haryana
1987Haryana Legislative Assembly
1988Lok Sabha (by-election)
1996Haryana Legislative Assembly

He also served the congress party at different levels:[11][12]

1972–75General Secretary, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee
1985–86Vice President, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee
1997–2000President District Congress Committee, Gurgaon

Controversies

Rahim Khan vs Khurshid Ahmed on 8 August, 1974

In 1972, Chaudhary Rahim Khan won his second term in Haryana's Legislative Assembly, defeating Khurshid Ahmed, who was a sitting minister at that time. Following his humiliating defeat, Khurshid Ahmed filed a case in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, challenging Rahim Khan's election on various grounds of corrupt practices. The High Court ruled in favour of Ahmed, setting aside Rahim Khan's election and citing violations of sections 123(1), (2), and (4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

Khurshid Ahmed accused Rahim Khan of bribery (Section 123(1)), appealing to faith (Section 123(3)), and character assassination (Section 123(4)) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The court found evidence supporting the charges of appealing to voters' religion by calling Ahmed a non-believer and character assassination through the distribution of damaging handbills which stated that Khurshid Ahmed was a womaniser and committed Islamically illicit practices such as feeding Muslims pork, leading to the finding of corrupt practices of Rahim Khan under sections 123(3) and (4). Khan appealed the case to the Supreme Court of India, but the appeal was dismissed. The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's judgment, officially overturning Rahim Khan's 1972 election. This case, known as "Rahim Khan vs Khurshid Ahmed and Ors on 8 August, 1974", remains significant in Indian legal history and is still included in the curriculum of many Indian law schools today.[13]

References

  1. ↑ , scbindia
  2. ↑ Fatehabad farmer’s feat interests former minister, Tribune News Service, April 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Haryana Assembly
  4. ↑ Congress fields two first-timers, Poll First Round, Faridabad.
  5. ↑ Savitri Jindal, Aftab Ahmed sworn into Haryana cabinet, Hindustan Times.
  6. ↑ Haryana Vidhan Sabha Archived 15 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Who's Who.
  7. ↑ Fatehabad farmer’s feat interests former minister, Tribune News Service.
  8. ↑ INLD nominee has clear edge in Muslim-dominated Mewat, Hindustan Times.
  9. ↑ INLD, Cong level ground in Mewat, Tribune News Service.
  10. ↑ BJP faces tough task in Taoru.
  11. ↑ Public meeting show of Cong unity, Tribune News Service.
  12. ↑ 73-member HPCC announced.
  13. ↑ Supreme Court of the India. Rahim Khan vs Khurshid Ahmed & Ors, 1975 AIR 290, 1975 SCR (1) 643, main.sci.gov.in, 8 August, 1974
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