Shafiqur Rahman Barq

Shafiqur Rahman Barq
Shafiqur Rahman Barq
Member of Parliament; for Sambhal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2019
	In office; 2009–2014
Member of Parliament; for Moradabad
	In office; 2004–2009
	In office; 1996–1999
Member of Legislative Assembly; for Sambhal
	In office; 1985–1991
	In office; 1974–1980
Personal details
Born	11 July 1930; Sambhal, United Provinces, British India (modern-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Political party	Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party from (2009_2014)
Spouse(s)	Quresha Begum (1948; now deceased)
Children	Eight sons
Alma mater	Agra University
Profession	Social worker, businessperson & ; politician

Shafiqur Rahman Barq (born 11 July 1930) is an Indian politician belonging to the Samajwadi Party. He has been elected to Lok Sabha at various times from Moradabad as Samajwadi Party candidate and Sambhal, most recently in 2019.

He has been three times Member of Parliament as Samajwadi Party candidate and in 2008 he joined Bahujan Samaj Party and won 2009 Loksabha election from Sambhal . He again joined Samajwadi Party in Feb 2014 and contested 2014 Loksabha election from Sambhal constituency and lost election.

He came into news after taking the oath as a member of Lok Sabha when he declared that Vande Mataram is against Islam and Muslims cannot follow it.[1]

He received widespread criticism for defending the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and equating it with India's own freedom struggle.[2][3]

References

"Vande Mataram against Islam, says SP MP after taking oath in Lok Sabha". India Today.
"Samajwadi MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq defends Taliban, says they want to run their own country". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
Aug 18, Maria Khan / TNN / Updated; 2021; Ist, 15:26. "Shafiqur Rahman Barq: Sedition case against Samajwadi Party MP for equating Taliban occupation of Afghanistan with India's freedom struggle | Bareilly News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 August 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[1] "Vande Mataram against Islam, says SP MP after taking oath in Lok Sabha". India Today.

[2] "Samajwadi MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq defends Taliban, says they want to run their own country". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[3] Aug 18, Maria Khan / TNN / Updated; 2021; Ist, 15:26. "Shafiqur Rahman Barq: Sedition case against Samajwadi Party MP for equating Taliban occupation of Afghanistan with India's freedom struggle | Bareilly News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 August 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)