Samajwadi Party MP from Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and India's oldest parliamentarian Shafiqur Rahman Barq passed away at the age of 93 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.

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Samajwadi Party MP from Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and India's oldest parliamentarian Shafiqur Rahman Barq passed away at the age of 93 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. He was first elected as an MLA from Sambhal in 1974 on the symbol of the Bharatiya Kranti Dal. In the subsequent elections of 1977, 1985 and 1989, he was elected from the same seat on different symbols. In 1990-1991, he was a member of the UP Cabinet. In 2019, Barq was in the headlines when he objected to the raising of “Vande Mataram” slogans in Parliament by BJP MPs as members took oath. In 2019, he won the seat for the fifth time, defeating the BJP’s Parmeshwar Lal Saini by 1.74 lakh votes.


     

     

     

 

     


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