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| office = [[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Okhla (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Okhla]]
| term_start = 12 February 2015
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''' Amanatullah Khan ''' is an Indian politician and is member of the [[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]. He is a member of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] and represents [[Okhla (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Okhla (Assembly constituency)]] of Delhi.<ref name=" Election result ">{{cite news|title= Election result |publisher=Election commission of India|accessdate=9 March 2019|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU05.htm}}</ref> Khan is the elected chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board since November 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|title=AAP's Amanatullah Khan Elected As Chairman Of Delhi Waqf Board|url=https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/aaps-amanatullah-khan-elected-as-chairman-of-delhi-waqf-board-2327645 |last=PTI |access-date=17 December 2020|work=NDTV|date=19 November 2020}}</ref>

==Life and education==
Amanatullah Khan was born in Agwanpur village, [[Meerut district]] to Waliullah Khan. He attended the [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] but did not complete his degree. He is educated till [[twelfth grade]], which he passed in 1992–93.<ref name="Member Profile"/><ref name="Candidate affidavit"/> He is married to Shafia Khan and has a son and a daughter.<ref name="Member Profile"/>

==Political career==
Amanatullah Khan is a member of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]]. His term as [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] in the [[Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi]] is his second term. He defeated Braham Singh of [[Bhartiya Janata Party|BJP]] by a margin of 71,664 votes in the [[2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]]s. Khan had also contested elections for the [[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]] and won. Khan first contested in the [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]] as a [[Lok Jan Shakti Party]] candidate but lost the election managing to get only 3600 Votes.<ref name=" Comprehensive Election results ">{{cite news|title=Comprehensive Election results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|accessdate=9 March 2019|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ElectionStatistics.aspx}}</ref><ref name=" 2013 election ">{{cite news|title=2013 election|publisher=myneta.info|accessdate=9 March 2019|url=http://myneta.info/delhi2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=326}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Election Commission of India |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/DELHITRENDS2020/ConstituencywiseU0554.htm?ac=54 |website=results.eci.gov.in |accessdate=3 April 2020 |language=en |date=3 April 2020}}</ref>

==Controversy==
On 20 July 2016, a woman filed a case against Khan for allegedly threatening her with dire consequences. A case was registered against Khan under section 506 of [[Indian Penal Code|IPC]] at the Jamia Nagar Police station in South Delhi. Delhi Police on 24 July 2016 arrested Khan.<ref>{{cite news|title=AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan arrested for threatening woman.|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/aam-aadmi-party-okhla-mla-amanatullah-khan-m2932497/|accessdate=28 July 2016|agency=IANS|publisher=Indian Express|date=25 July 2016}}</ref> On 28 July 2016 Khan got bail, the court asked Khan to furnish a personal bond of 50,000 Indian Rupees and a surety of same amount.<ref>{{cite news|title=AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan gets bail.|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/aap-mla-amanatullah-khan-gets-bail/articleshow/53435011.cms|accessdate=28 July 2016|agency=PTI|publisher=Economic Times|date=28 July 2016}}</ref>

On 18 April 2017, Khan alleged that [[Indian National Congress]] supporters were firing at him when members of the Congress and Aam Aami Party clashed with each other in the Jamia Nagar area ahead of local municipal elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/aap-mla-amanatullah-khan-claims-congress-workers-fired-at-him/|title=AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan claims Congress workers fired at him|date=20 April 2017|accessdate=18 December 2019}}</ref> On 28 January 2018, an FIR was filed against Khan for allegedly assaulting a social worker associated with the Congress in the aftermath of another confrontation between the two parties.<ref>{{cite news |date=28 January 2018 |title=Clash between AAP MLA and Congress social worker, two FIRs lodged |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/clash-between-aap-mla-and-congress-social-worker-two-firs-lodged/article22538950.ece/amp/ |accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref> On 20 February 2018, a case also was filed by Delhi Chief Secretary [[Anshu Prakash]] against Khan and fellow legislator [[Prakash Jarwal]] for allegedly slapping and abusing him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/delhi-chief-secretary-assault-aap-mla-prakash-jarwal-granted-bail-by-delhi-high-court-5091730/|title=Delhi Chief Secretary 'assault': AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal granted bail by Delhi High Court|date=9 March 2018|accessdate=18 December 2019}}</ref>

In April 2020, an FIR was filed against Khan for allegedly threatening Yati Narsinghand in the aftermath of an incident at a Dasna temple where Narsinghand had supported a man for assaulting a 14 year old child and made disparaging comments against the Prophet Muhammad. In response, Khan had posted a video where he was seen calling for his beheading and cutting off his tongue, followed by a statement that despite those comments, he believed in the Constitution and the law and hoped that an FIR is filed against Narsinghand.<ref>{{cite news |title=FIR against AAP's Amanatullah Khan for 'threatening' Dasna temple priest |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/amanatullah-khan-dasna-priest-speech-yati-narsinghanand-saraswati-fir-delhi-police-7258616/ |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=5 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Posts held==
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! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments
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| 01 || 2015 || - || Member, [[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]] ||
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| 02 || 2020 || - || Member, [[Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi]] ||
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==See also==

*[[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]
*[[Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
*[[Government of India]]
*[[Politics of India]]
*[[Aam Aadmi Party]]

==Electoral performance ==
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{{#section:Okhla Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2020}}

== References ==
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