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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = Asim Ahmed Khan
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| constituency = [[Matia Mahal (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Matia Mahal]]
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi|06th Legislative Assembly, Delhi]]
| term_start = Feb 2015
| term_end = Feb 2020
| predecessor = [[Shoaib Iqbal]]
| successor = [[Shoaib Iqbal]]
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| party = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]<ref name="Member Profile"/>(till 2017)
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'''Asim Ahmed Khan''' is an Indian politician (Delhi State), who was the minister of Food and Civil Supply, Environment and Forest, Minority Affairs and Election in the Delhi government. He is a member of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] and represents [[Matia Mahal (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Matia Mahal (Assembly constituency)]] in the [[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]].<ref name="Election result">{{cite news|title= Election result |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=1 February 2015|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU05.htm}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Asim Ahmed Khan was born in Delhi. He attended the [[Chaudhary Charan Singh University]] and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.<ref name="Member Profile"/><ref name="Candidate affidavit"/>

==Politics==
Asim Ahmed Khan is a member of the minority wing of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (AAP).<ref name="ET"/> He contested the [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]] (MCD) elections in 2012 and received 6,300 votes. The AAP party website states that he has worked for 12 years in [[Old Delhi]] area and participated in numerous social activities.<ref name="AAP">{{cite web|url=http://my.aamaadmiparty.org/candidate/delhi/ac/matiamahal.html |title=Asim Ahmed Khan |publisher=AAP official site |accessdate=18 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217220825/http://my.aamaadmiparty.org/candidate/delhi/ac/matiamahal.html |archivedate=17 February 2015 }}</ref>

Khan contested [[Matia Mahal (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Matia Mahal (Assembly constituency)]] in the [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]]s as an AAP candidate. He raised issues of education and health in his campaign.<ref name="AAP"/> Khan won the seat with 47,584 votes. He defeated five-time MLA [[Shoaib Iqbal]] (who fought on an [[Indian National Congress]] – INC – ticket) by a margin of 26,096 votes.<ref name="ec">{{cite web | url=http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU054.htm | title=Election Result | publisher=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA | accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0567.htm?ac=1| title = Assembly Elections 2015 Results, Election Commission of India}} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210143352/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0567.htm?ac=1 |date=10 February 2015 }}</ref> Khan was "the less acknowledged 'giant killers'". Khan – who had a "poor experience in politics" – was expected to lose Iqbal, who won five times despite switching political parties four times. Iqbal had won the 2013 elections on a [[Janata Dal (United)]] (JD(U)) ticket.<ref name="ET">{{cite web | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/nation-world/meet-arvind-kejriwals-6-trusted-men-likely-to-make-youngest-cabinet-in-india/asim-ahmed-khan/slideshow/46225376.cms | title=Meet Arvind Kejriwal's 6 trusted men likely to make youngest cabinet in India | publisher=Economic Times | date=13 February 2015 | accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="firstpost"/> The AAP won 67 of the total 70 seats in the Delhi assembly.

Khan is one of four Muslim MLAs of the AAP.<ref name="firstpost">{{cite news | url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/delhi-election-four-muslim-faces-in-newly-elected-state-assembly-2091637.html | title=Delhi election: Four Muslim faces in newly-elected state Assembly | work=Firstpost | date=10 February 2015 | accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref> ''[[The Economic Times]]'' described Khan as "key" to AAP, which won 80% of the Muslim vote.<ref name="ET"/>
Khan and the AAP's minority wing were responsible for deflecting the Muslim votes – who traditionally voted for the Congress – to the AAP, which led to the AAP's decisive victory.<ref name="PTI">{{cite news | url=http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/aam-aadmi-partys-asim-ahmed-khan-gets-cabinet-berth-739667 | title=Aam Aadmi Party's Asim Ahmed Khan Gets Cabinet Berth | work=NDTV | date=15 February 2015 | accessdate=18 February 2015 | author=Press Trust of India}}</ref>

Khan was sworn as a cabinet minister under the chief minister [[Arvind Kejriwal]] on 14 February 2015. He was put in charge of the Food and Civil Supply, Environment and Forest, Minority Affairs and Election ministries.<ref name="PTI"/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/delhi-polls-aap-ki-sarkaar-indias-youngest-cabinet/20150214.htm | title=AAP ki sarkaar: India's youngest cabinet | work=Rediff | date=14 February 2015 | accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref> On 9 October 2015, Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sacked the cabinet minister Asim Ahmed Khan on charges of corruption.
<ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-food-minister-asim-ahmed-khan-sacked-on-charges-of-corruption/article7743224.ece| title = Delhi Food Minister Asim Ahmed Khan sacked on charges of corruption - The Hindu}} </ref>

On 15 January 2017, five minors attempted to break into Khan's home at Hindi Park in Delhi, breaking Khan's rear-view car mirror in the process, and started a brawl with security guards present at the residence.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indialivetoday.com/five-youths-try-to-enter-aap-mlas-house-one-held/98881.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513081621/http://www.indialivetoday.com/five-youths-try-to-enter-aap-mlas-house-one-held/98881.html |archive-date=13 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> One of the minors was held by the guards while the other four escaped.

==Alleged threats from Arvind Kejriwal ==
Khan alleged that he and his family are facing "death threats" from Chief Minister [[Arvind Kejriwal]] and some of his partymen. "For 9–10 months I have been facing death threats and even my family is at risk. Kejriwal and some of his partymen are hatching a conspiracy to get me killed," Khan alleged at a press conference.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.india.com/news/india/facing-death-threat-from-arvind-kejriwal-his-men-sacked-aap-mla-asim-ahmed-khan-1366604/| title = Facing death threat from Arvind Kejriwal, his men: Sacked AAP MLA Asim Ahmed Khan {{!}} India.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/AAP-MLA-alleges-death-threats-from-Kejriwal-and-aides/articleshow/53436985.cms| title = Reference at timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>

==Posts held==
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| 2015 || – || Member, [[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]] ||
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==See also==
*[[Matia Mahal (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Matia Mahal]]
*[[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

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[[Category:Delhi MLAs 2015–2020]]
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