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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Naqvi in 2017
Minister of Minority Affairs
In office 12 July 2016 – 6 July 2022
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Najma Heptullah
Succeeded by	Smriti Irani
Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
In office 19 July 2021 – 4 July 2022
Leader	Piyush Goyal
Preceded by	Piyush Goyal
Succeeded by	Dharmendra Pradhan
Minister of State for Minority Affairs
In office 26 May 2014 – 12 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Najma Heptullah
Preceded by	Ninong Ering
Succeeded by	Virendra Kumar
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
In office 26 May 2014 – 3 September 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	M.Venkaiah Naidu Ananth Kumar
Preceded by	V Narayanasamy
Succeeded by	Vijay Goel
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 8 July 2016 – 4 July 2022
Preceded by	M. J. Akbar
Succeeded by	Aditya Sahu
Constituency	Jharkhand
In office 5 July 2010 – 4 July 2016
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born	(1957-10-15) 15 October 1957 (age 67) Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Seema Naqvi
Children	1
Alma mater	Asian Academy of Higher Studies, Noida

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician and was the Union Minister of Minority Affairs. He had served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from 2002 to 2022 and was Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha between 2021 and 2022.

Naqvi was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh from 2010 to 2016 and from Jharkhand from 2016 to 2022.

Early and personal life

Naqvi was born to AH Naqvi and Sakina Begum on 15 October 1957 at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India. He studied arts and mass communication. Naqvi married Seema Naqvi on 8 June 1983 and they have a son together.

Political career

Naqvi was jailed at the age of 17 in 1975 during the period of Emergency at the Naini Central Jail in Allahabad due to his political activities. As a student leader, he had also participated in the activities of the Janata Party. Naqvi unsuccessfully contested elections for the legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh in 1980 as a candidate of Janata Party (Secular). He also contested elections as an independent candidate in 1980 Lok Sabha elections from the Ayodhya constituency. He was elected to the 1998 Lok Sabha from Lok Sabha, and subsequently given the post of Minister of State for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting with additional charge of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (2001-2003) in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

He was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2016.

He became Minister of State for Minority Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs on 26 May 2014 in Narendra Modi ministry. After resignation of Najma Heptulla on 12 July 2016, he got independent charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

He took oath as cabinet minister in Narendra Modi's cabinet on 30 May 2019 and continued with the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

Views

Congress

According to Naqvi, a "baseless" campaign had been started by Congress party to prevent Indian Muslims from joining the Bharatiya Janata Party. Naqvi has also said that he does not harbour the allegations of Congress that as BJP came to power, there was nobody to cause riots against the minority community.

Muslims

Naqvi feels that Muslims don't desert other Muslims if they are given important posts in the Bharatiya Janata Party. For the party to increase support amongst the Muslims; he opines that they should feel that they are "equal citizens of this country", and also "understand that the bill on Muslim Personal Law will not take away their right to practise their religion". In addition, the party should also make them aware of the works done by the Vajpayee government.

Naqvi has also said that there is "no justification" for the 2002 Gujarat riots. In November 2015, when actor Aamir Khan said that he felt of leaving the country, Naqvi defended by saying that he had made the comment "in a hurry or maybe under influence from others".

BJP and RSS

Naqvi has said that Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh are two "separate entities" and each of them has different views on different issues. According to him RSS is a nationalist organization and not an "anti-national" one.

Books

Naqvi has written three books - Syah (1991), Danga (1998) and Vaisali (2008).

See also

• Syed Zafar Islam
• Arif Mohammad Khan
• Bharatiya Janata Party

References

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Further reading

• Singh, Nahendra Kr, ed. (2001). "Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi". Encyclopedia of Muslim Biography. Vol. 4. A.P.H. Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 9788176482349.
• "Varun's extreme Hindutva stand cost us votes". The Times of India. TNN. 20 June 2009. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012.
• "People slam politicians; BJP leader calls them terrorists". IBN Live. 2 December 2008. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008.

External links

• Official website

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