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Abdul Bari Siddiqui
Office Principal General Secretary of Rashtriya Janata Dal
Office Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Office Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Office Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Office Cabinet Minister of Government of Bihar
Term start 2020







Constituency Alinagar
Born 1953-12-23 (age 73)
Born Alinagar, Bihar, India





Political party Rashtriya Janata Dal






Abdul Bari Siddiqui is an Indian politician who was the Finance Minister of Bihar.[1] He was a MLA representing Alinagar, Darbhanga, Bihar.[2] Siddiqui is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party. He won in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[3] In 2019 Loksabha elections he contested from Darbhanga and lost to Gopal Jee Thakur of BJP.

Previously, Siddiqui was the Leader of Opposition following the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election until the split between JD(U) and BJP led the latter to leave the government and become the official opposition.[4][5]

Siddiqui was elected the chairman of the Bihar Cricket Association in September, 2015 defeating former association president Vinod Kumar. He is also the head of the Bihar Badminton Association. He is known to be a close associate of Lalu Prasad Yadav. When asked in 2009, to contest the Madhubani Parliamentary Elections, he filed his nomination and unsuccessfully contested, losing by the margin of 10k votes, which led to trailingredients of Dr. Shakeel Ahmed to 3rd position. He again contested 2014 Madhubani Loksabha elections unsuccessfully losing to veteran BJP leader Hukumdev Narayan Yadav by a margin of 15k votes. He is 7th time MLA. Previously he used to contest from Bahera. After delimination of that constituency, he contested from Alinagar.

Abdul Bari Siddiqui representing JP defeated Harinath Mishra of Congress in 1977 from Bahera, which was the first time he became an MLA.[6] Siddiqui has won 7 times as a Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

His son, Anis Bari pursued MBA from Asian Institute of Management, Manila.[7] He is an entrepreneur and runs a start-up based in Delhi.[8]

References

  1. मंत्रिमंडल सचिवालय विभाग. csd.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. Archived copy. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  3. Abdul Bari Siddiqui (RJD):Constituency- Alinagar (Darbhanga) - Affidavit Information of Candidate. myneta.info.
  4. Siddiqui is Leader of Opposition. The Hindu(4 December 2010). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. People are saying Modiji is a factor in Owaisi's coming here: RJD's Abdul Bari Siddiqui. The Indian Express(28 October 2015). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  6. Abdul Bari Siddiqui elected Bihar Cricket Association President. Zee News(23 September 2015). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  7. Doing fine, miles away from politics - Wards of state politicians make a mark away from papas' field(3 December 2012). Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  8. Old warhorse in Bihar takes new-age crowdfunding route field(16 April 2019). Retrieved 16 December 2019.