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{{short description|Indian Politician}}
{{for|the Egyptian author of the same name|Idris Ali}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Idris Ali
| native_name = ইদ্রিশ আলি
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption = Idris Ali during [[Lok Sabha]] election.
| birth_date =
{{Birth date and age|1950|12|30}}
| birth_place =
| residence = 5, Ripon lane, [[Kolkata]]- 700016, [[India]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Loksabha 2014|work=National election watch|url= http://myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=9340}}</ref>
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 2019
| predecessor = [[Haider Aziz Safwi]]
| successor =
| constituency = [[Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uluberia Purba]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Basirhat]]
| salary1 =
| term_start1 = 16 May 2014
| term_end1 = 23 May 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Haji Nurul Islam|Haji Sk. Nurul Islam]]
| successor1 = [[Nusrat Jahan]]
| chiefminister1 =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />[[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]
| profession = Lawyer, politician
| education = BSc, L.L.B
| spouse =
| college =
| children = 3
| alma_mater = [[St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College]] -{{small|(BSc)}},<br />[[Surendranath Law College]] -{{small|(LL.B)}}
| website =
}}
'''Idris Ali''' is an Indian politician and a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] for the [[16th Lok Sabha]] from [[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Basirhat]], West Bengal. He won the [[2014 Indian general election]] as an [[All India Trinamool Congress]] candidate.

== Political career ==
Ali started his political career with [[Indian National Congress]]. In the 2014 Indian general election, he was elected as a member of parliament from the [[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Basirhat seat]] on an [[All India Trinamool Congress]] ticket. He won by a margin of 109,000 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2014may18/eight_muslim_mps_west_bengal.html|title=Eight Muslim MPs from West Bengal |work=TwoCircles.net|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref>

In January 2017, Ali lodged a police complaint for allegedly receiving a death threat in a phone call. He claimed that the caller was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] from [[Dubai]] and had said that Ali would be killed for supporting the Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{cite web|title=TMC MP Idris Ali receives threat calls for stand against demonetisation|url=https://indiatoday.in/lite/story/demonetisation-tmc-mp-idris-ali-threat-calls-bjp-pm-narendra-modi/1/852513.html|work=India Today|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref>

On 13 March 2019, [[Mamata Banerjee]] announced that Ali would not contest the upcoming [[2019 Indian general election|general election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Trinamul MPs who were not renominated |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/trinamul-mps-who-were-not-renominated/cid/1686728 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |access-date=14 March 2019 |date=13 March 2019}}</ref>

== Views ==
Ali has likened party president and chief minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] to [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. He said that like Gandhi, Banerjee was "a symbol of communal harmony and peace".<ref>{{cite web|title=Trinamool MP Idris Ali embarrasses party by comparing Mamata Banerjee with Gandhiji|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/trinamool-congress-mp-idris-ali-mahatma-gandhi-mamata-banerjee-governor-keshari-nath-tripathi/1/870394.html|work=India Today|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref> He has also equated Banerjee with the Hindu goddess [[Saraswati]] and the Christian missionary [[Mother Teresa]] for doing "developmental work".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-tmc-mp-idris-ali-equates-mamata-banerjee-to-goddess-saraswati-mother-teresa-2238119|title=TMC MP Idris Ali equates Mamata Banerjee to Goddess Saraswati, Mother Teresa |date=25 July 2016|work=DNA|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref>

Ali has also said that the state of [[West Bengal]] and the country would burn if Banerjee was arrested in connection to the [[Saradha Group financial scandal]]. However, his party's secretary general secretary [[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]] said that the party did not support Ali's views.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-tmc-cautions-mp-idris-ali-for-his-west-bengal-will-burn-comment-2048816|title=TMC cautions MP Idris Ali for his West Bengal will burn comment|date=1 January 2015|work=DNA|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref>

After the [[2016 Pathankot attack|Pathankot attack]], Ali said that Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] had "links" with the terrorists. However, the spokesperson of the party [[Derek O'Brien (quizmaster)|Derek O'Brien]] said that Ali's comments were "not the view of the party".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/tmc-warns-idris-ali-after-leader-claims-pm-modi-has-links-with-pathankot-terrorists-2572468.html/amp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103010333/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/tmc-warns-idris-ali-after-leader-claims-pm-modi-has-links-with-pathankot-terrorists-2572468.html/amp|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2019|title=TMC warns Idris Ali after MP claims PM Modi has links with Pathankot terrorists|publisher=First post|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
Ali has been accused of inciting riots in the [[Park Circus]] area in 2007 while protesting against Bangladeshi author [[Taslima Nasreen]]. Though he was arrested and a charge sheet was filed against him, he was released on bail.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Danga Gurus|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-danga-gurus/292761|publisher=Outlook India|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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