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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kaneez Fathima
| image = [[Image:Kaneez Fathima.png|300px]]
| office = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2018
| constituency = [[Gulbarga]] North (Vidhana Sabha constituency)
| party = [[File:Hand INC.svg|25px]][[Indian National Congress]]
| caption = Kaneez Fathima in 2020
| birth_date = {{birth_date and age|1959|08|21|df=y}}<ref>Kla.nic</ref>
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]],<ref>Government of Karnataka portal</ref><br/>Andhra Pradesh, (present-day Telangana) India
| spouse = [[Qamar ul Islam]]
}}

'''Kaneez Fathima''' is an Indian politician who is the current [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Gulbarga]] North constituency of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Government Portal|url=https://www.elections.in/karnataka/assembly-constituencies/mlas-list.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Scroll.in|url=https://scroll.in/article/879147/with-7-mlas-muslim-representation-in-karnataka-assembly-is-lowest-in-10-years|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> She is wife of former minister Late [[Qamar ul Islam|Qamar-ul-Islam]] who was also MLA from same Constituency in 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/karnataka-election-2018-qamars-wife-brings-his-legacy-into-3-corner-fight/articleshow/63957851.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

== Constituency ==
She represents [[Gulbarga Uttar (Vidhana Sabha constituency)]] of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Karnataka Legislative Assembly List (SI#188)|url=http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/members.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Fathima Kaneez is a member of [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) political party. Fatima had initially refused to contest but was persuaded by [[Siddaramaiah]], [[Mallikarjun Kharge]] & [[G. Parameshwara|G.Parameshwar]].<ref name=":0" /> Besides people of all communities convinced her contest. Many Gulbarga Leaders from Congress MLA Priyank Kharge, MLA Ajay Singh ,Baba Nazar Mohammed Khan, Ex HKE President Basavaraj Bhimalli, etc supported her and More than sympathy, the election campaign was done by highlighting the contributions of her husband [[Qamar ul Islam|Qamar-ul-Islam]] and won election against Nasir Hussain Ustad of JD(s) and Chandrakanth Patil of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] by 5,940 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=15 May 2018|title=oneindia.com|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/karnataka-election-results-2018-full-list-of-winners-bjp-congress-jds-2696524.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

=== CAA Protest ===
A massive protest, the largest in North Karnataka, took place in the town of Kalaburagi against the [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|Citizenship Amendment Act]] (CAA). Around 15,000 people gathered for protest march & came out defying Section 144 notification that was imposed on the entire state of [[Karnataka]]. MLA Kaneez Fathima was the major catalyst in mobilising citizens. All local Congress Corporators reportedly came out in support of the protest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/thousands-people-kalaburagi-turn-protest-against-citizenship-act-114392|access-date=2020-08-31|website=www.thenewsminute.com|title=Thousands of people in Kalaburagi turn up to protest against Citizenship Act|date=19 December 2019}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
Kaneez Fatima had purchased 22 acres of agriculture land near [[Gulbarga]]. S K Kantha, former minister, had filed a complaint alleging that the purchase was illegal and violated Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961. The Act prohibits purchase of agricultural land by any person other than an agriculturist. The Gulbarga tahsildar, in his report to the Assistant Commissioner, stated that Qamarul Islam runs schools and owns commercial complexes and hence the income of Fatima exceeded Rs two lakh per annum. The Assistant Commissioner set aside the purchase of land by Fatima with an observation that the purchaser had violated the provisions of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act. He has directed the tahsildar to take over the land and mention Karnataka Government as the owner of the land.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-03-21|title=Gulbarga MLA's wife lands in soup|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/236079/gulbarga-mlas-wife-lands-soup.html|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
<references />{{15th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|state=Karnataka}}{{Indian National Congress|state=Karnataka}}
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[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kalaburagi]]
[[Category:1959 births]]

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