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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| office1 = [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry|Cabinet Minister]]<br />[[Government of Maharashtra]]
| 2blankname1 = Ministry and Departments
| 2namedata1 =
* [[Ministry of Textiles (Maharashtra)|Textiles]]
* [[Ministry of Fisheries Department (Maharashtra)|Fisheries Department]]
* [[Ministry of Ports Development (Maharashtra)|Ports Development]]
| term_start1 = 30 December 2019
| term_end1 = 29 June 2022
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| governor1 = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| predecessor1 = [[Ram Shinde]]{{small|([[Ministry of Textiles (Maharashtra)|Textiles Ministry]])}}<br />[[Anil Sukhdevrao Bonde|Anil Bonde]]{{small|([[Ministry of Fisheries Department (Maharashtra)|Fisheries Ministry]])}}<br />[[Devendra Fadnavis]]{{small|([[Ministry of Ports Development (Maharashtra)|Ports Development]])}}
| successor1 =
| office2 = Guardian minister of Mumbai City District
[[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start2 = 9 January 2020
| term_end2 = 29 June 2022
| constituency2 = [[Malad West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Malad West]]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| office = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2009
| term_end =
| constituency = [[Malad West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Malad West]]
| predecessor = constituency created
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|5 November 1972}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| children =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| alma_mater = St. Anthony's High School, Year 1986
| profession = Business, Social Workers.
| spouse = Rizwana
| sibling =
| website = {{url|https://www.aslamshaikhmla.in/|Official Website}}
| nationality = [[India]]n
}}
'''Aslam Shaikh''' is an Indian politician from the [[Indian National Congress]]. He is serving as Member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] representing the Malad West Assembly Constituency in Mumbai, Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/malad-west.html | title=Malad West (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections | work=elections.in | accessdate=15 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsreporter.in/aslam-shaikh-of-inc-wins-the-malad-west-constituency-maharastra-maharastra-assembly-election-2014-548730 | title=Aslam Shaikh of INC WINS the Malad west constituency in Maharashtra Assembly Election 2014 | work=newsreporter.in | accessdate=15 April 2016}}</ref> He was serving as the Textile, Fisheries Department & Ports Development Minister in the former [[Maha Vikas Aghadi]] cabinet.<ref name="hospitalbeds">{{cite web |last1=Chitnis |first1=Purva |title=Some Celebs Occupied Beds Despite Mild Symptoms: Maharashtra Minister |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/maharashtra-minister-aslam-shaikh-says-some-celebs-occupied-beds-despite-mild-symptoms-2412693 |website=NDTV.com |publisher=NDTV |access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>

== Positions held ==
*[[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Maharashtra Legislative Assembly MLA]]
*Terms in office:2009-2014 ,2014-2019 & 2019-2024 {{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-congress-aslam-shaikh-shaikadmits-to-infighting-within-party-s-mumbai-unit-2165507 | title=Aslam Shaikh admits to infighting within Congress's Mumbai unit | work=dnaindia.com | accessdate=15 April 2016}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oneindia.com/india/congress-mla-suspended-throwing-trash-assembly-2054439.html | title=Congress MLA Aslam Shaikh suspended | work=oneindia.com | accessdate=15 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Cong-MLA-Aslam-Shaikh-was-not-suspended-clarifies-speaker/articleshow/51621198.cms | title=Cong MLA Aslam Shaikh was not suspended, clarifies speaker | work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com | accessdate=15 April 2016 | date=31 December 2019}}</ref>

== Controversy in seeking mercy for 1993 bomb blast convict ==
On 28 July 2015 Aslam Shaikh wrote a letter to then president of India [[Pranab Mukherjee]] seeking a mercy for 1993 bomb blast convict Yakub Memon.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/maharashtra-news/article/maharashtra-congress-minister-aslam-shaikh-in-soup-after-his-letter-seeking-mercy-for-1993-serial-blasts-yakub-memon-resurfaces/534039 | title=Maharashtra Congress minister Aslam Shaikh in soup after his letter seeking mercy for Yakub Memon resurfaces | work=timesnownews.com | accessdate=15 April 2021}}</ref>

== Outspokenness ==
Although Aslam Shaikh holds the textile ministry, he is vocal on a number of issues. During the second wave of Covid 19 in India, he asserted: "Some celebrities from the film industry and cricketers had mild symptoms or were asymptomatic, but they got themselves admitted to major private hospitals and occupied beds for longer periods."<ref name="hospitalbeds"/>

Criticizing the central government and the mainstream media for the biased reporting on [[2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi]] and [[Kumbh Mela#COVID-19|Kumbh Mela in 2021]] he said that the same people who accused the Tablighi Jamaat of spreading COVID-19 in the country have allowed thousands of people to gather at Kumbh Mela.<ref>{{cite web |title='They are same people who defamed Tablighi Jamaat': Maharashtra minister slams Kumbh Mela amid COVID-19 surge |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/they-are-same-people-who-defamed-tablighi-jamaat-maharashtra-minister-slams-kumbh-mela-amid-covid-19-surge/744343 |website=Times Now Digital |publisher=Times Now |access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:1972 births]]

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