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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| constituency = [[Moradabad Rural (Assembly constituency)|Moradabad Rural]]
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|Member]] of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 11 March 2017
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| predecessor = [[Shameemul Haq]]
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| residence = 28, Vidhayak Niwas-4, Royal Hotel, [[Lucknow district|Lucknow]]
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[[Hajji|Haji]] '''Ikram Qureshi''' is an Indian politician from the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He is a member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] representing the [[Moradabad Rural (Assembly constituency)|Morabad constituency]] on a [[Samajwadi Party]] ticket. He is also the district president of the party.

== Political career ==
In 2012, Qureshi was made the chairman of the "Essential commodities corporation". After being elevated to the post, he celebrated by leading a procession. There it was found, that his supporters were throwing money in air. However, the [[Bulandshahr]] police said that they were unaware of such procession.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akhilesh's party workers throw money in the air to celebrate|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/akhileshs-party-workers-throw-money-in-the-air-to-celebrate-503220|date=31 October 2012|publisher=NDTV|first=Anant|last=Zanane|accessdate=12 May 2019}}</ref> In January 2017, he was made the [[Moradabad district]] president of [[Samajwadi Party]], succeeding Athar Ali Ansari.<ref>{{cite web|title=अखिलेश गुट से जिलाध्यक्ष बनने को लेकर मुलायम के खेमे में मायूसी|url=http://www.patrika.com/news/moradabad/haji-ikram-qureshi-appointed-district-president-of-moradabad-1481296/|publisher=Patrika|accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref>

Though Qureshi's name did not feature in the list of candidates for the [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election]] by [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], his son [[Akhilesh Yadav]] included him in his list. He was made a candidate for Moradabad Rural (succeeding sitting MLA [[Shameemul Haq]]) as he fitted [[Samajwadi Party]]'s strategy of caste equation. He was also made a candidate for supporting Akhilesh Yadav in his family feud.<ref>{{cite web|title=सपा टिकट लाइव: शिवपाल के खिलाफ बोलने पर इस नेता को अखिलेश ने दिया ये इनाम|url=https://patrika.com/amp-news/moradabad/akhilesh-yadav-s-list-haji-ikram-qureshi-new-candidate-of-sp-from-moradabad-up-polls-news-hindi-1492135/|publisher=Patrika|accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref> In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, Qureshi emerged victorious by defeating his nearest rival, a [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate by around 28 thousand votes. Qureshi was polled 98 thousand votes compared to BSP's candidate Pannalal who won 69 thousand votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mukhtar Ansari wins from Mau, Haji Ikram Qureshi romps home Moradabad Rural|url=http://www.ummid.com/news/2017/March/11.03.2017/mukhtar-ansari-ikram-qureshi-win-2017-up-polls.html|publisher=Ummid|accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
In April 2017, a Muslim girl, Shazia alleged that Qureshi's men had assaulted her and her family. She also claimed that the police refused to lodge a complaint as they were asked by Qureshi not to do so. So she went to chief minister [[Yogi Adityanath]] to lodge a complaint.<ref>{{cite web|title=सपा विधायक हाजी इकराम के खिलाफ मुस्लिम महिला ने योगी के दरबार में लगाए चौकाने वाले आरोप|url=http://www.truthstoday.com/states/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/women-complain-to-yogi-of-haji-ikram-shahjahanpur/|publisher=Truths Today|accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians]]
[[Category:1958 births]]

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