Abdul Bari Siddiqui

Abdul Bari Siddiqui
Principal General Secretary of Rashtriya Janata Dal
Incumbent
Assumed office 2020
President	Lalu Prasad Yadav
Member (MLA) of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office 2010–2020
Preceded by	constituency created
Succeeded by	Mishri Lal Yadav
Constituency	Alinagar
In office 1995–2010
Preceded by	Mahendra Jha Azad
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Constituency	Bahera
In office 1977–1979
Preceded by	constituency created
Succeeded by	Parma Nand Jha
Constituency	Bahera
Cabinet Minister of Government of Bihar
In office 1995–2005
Chief Minister	Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi
Finance Minister of Government of Bihar
In office 20 November 2015 – 27 July 2017
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Succeeded by	Sushil Kumar Modi
Leader of the Opposition Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office December 2010 – June 2013
Preceded by	Rabri Devi
Succeeded by	Nand Kishore Yadav
Personal details
Born	(1953-12-23) 23 December 1953 (age 71) Alinagar, Bihar, India
Political party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Residence(s)	Rupaspur, Alinagar, Darbhanga

Abdul Bari Siddiqui (born 23 December 1953) 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 by a margin of 2,67,979 votes.

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 is currently a MC/MPA 2023 candidate at Harvard Kennedy School, is an author and entrepreneur who runs an Ed-tech start-up based in Delhi.^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "मंत्रिमंडल सचिवालय विभाग" (PDF). csd.bih.nic.in (in Hindi). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. 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. Jaleel, Muzamil (28 October 2015). "People are saying Modiji is a factor in Owaisi's coming here: RJD's Abdul Bari Siddiqui". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
6. PTI (23 September 2015). "Abdul Bari Siddiqui elected Bihar Cricket Association President". Zee News. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
7. "Old warhorse in Bihar takes new-age crowdfunding route field". The Telegraph India. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
8. "Doing fine, miles away from politics - Wards of state politicians make a mark away from papas' field". The Telegraph India. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2019.