Akram Khan (politician)

Akram Khan
Akram Khan
Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 October 2024
Preceded by	Kanwar Pal
Constituency	Jagadhri
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Subhash Chand
Succeeded by	Kanwar Pal
Constituency	Jagadhri
Deputy Speaker
In office 5 March 2010 – 26 October 2014
Constituency	Jagadhri
MOS Home Haryana
In office 1999–2000
Constituency	Chhachhrauli
Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office 1996–2000
Preceded by	Mohamad Aslam Khan
Succeeded by	Kanwar Pal
Constituency	Chhachhrauli
Personal details
Born	(1970-10-10) 10 October 1970 Khizri village, Yamunanagar district, Haryana, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Nahid Khan
Children	2 (1 son, 1 daughter)
Occupation	Politician, agriculturist

Akram Khan (born 10 October 1970) is an Indian politician, a leader of the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Former Minister of State for Home Affairs of Haryana. He became the Deputy Speaker of Haryana in March 2010. In 2009, he became the lone MLA of BSP in Haryana.

Early life

Akram Khan was born to Mohammed Aslam Khan, a renowned politician, in the village of Khizri situated at the northern tip of the Yamunanagar district of Haryana, India. His grandfather Chaudhri Abdul Rashid Khan was also an eminent leader in northern Haryana. He is an alumnus of Colonel Brown Cambridge School, Dehradun. He did his B.A. at Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Political career

After the death of his father he continued the family tradition and joined the Indian National Congress but he was denied the ticket from Chhachhrauli in the 1996 elections. He became a rebel and contested election as an independent and became a member of Haryana Vidhan Sabha in 1996 for the first time. In year 1998-1999 he became the Chairman of Housing Board, Haryana in Bansi Lal Government. In the same Government he became the Minister of State for Home Affairs for the year 1999-2000. In 2000 Vidhan Sabha Elections he contested as an independent candidate from Chhachhrauli but got defeated. Despite the defeat he became the Chairman of Haryana Dairy Development & Coop. Federation Ltd for 2000-2004 due to his closeness to the then Chief Minister of Haryana Om Prakash Chautala. In the same Government he was appointed Chairman of Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (HARTRON) in 2004-2005. In 2005 elections he contested elections for the first time on a party ticket through INLD but he lost again to his nearest rival. The years 2005-2009 were the only years of his political career when he was not holding any position in Govt. of Haryana. In year 2007, he switched to Bahujan Samaj Party and contested 2009 elections on their ticket from Jagadhri and won with a huge margin. As he is the only MLA of BSP in Haryana, so the anti-defection law is not valid for him. So, he supported the coalition Government of Hooda and became the second Muslim Deputy Speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha after former Ferozepur Jhirka MLA Azad Mohammad on 5 March 2010. He then contested election in 2014 but he lost the elections due to Modi wave. But still he was a runner up securing 40,047 votes.

On 20 December 2018, he was expelled from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for going against party policy. On next day, he and his supporters held a press conference, where his supporters who were 7 Zila Parishad members resigned from their party memberships thereby weakening the party.

Akram Khan on 29 March 2019, joined Indian National Congress in presence of Rahul Gandhi, then President of Indian National Congress and Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha Member (2014-2020).