Muhammad Izhar Asfi

Muhammad Izhar Asfi
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
10 November 2020
Preceded byMujahid Alam
ConstituencyKochadhaman
Personal details
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal (2022–Present)
Other political
affiliations		All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (till 2022)
ResidenceBihar
OccupationPolitics

Muhammad Izhar Asfi is an Indian politician from Bihar and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Izhar Asfi won the Kochadhaman Assembly constituency on AIMIM ticket in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[1][2][3][4] He along with other three AIMIM MLAs joined Rashtriya Janata Dal in June 2022.[5] He had served much longer as Mukhiya of Kathamatha Panchayat in Kishanganj.[6] He is father in law of former Bahadurganj MLA Md. Tauseef Alam.[7]


Izhar Asfi, joined RJD by deserting AIMIM in June 2022. He blamed Bihar State AIMIM president Akhtarul Iman for leaving the AIMIM. Mr. Asfi also claimed in an interview with Seemanchal based news website Main Media that he had worked very hard in Kochdhaman after 2019 Lok Sabha defeat of Akhtarul Iman and used crores of rupees from his pocket for local work.[8]

References

  1. ^ News, A. B. P. "Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Candidate | Muhammed Izhar Asfi | Kochadhaman". ABP News (in Hindi). Retrieved 23 November 2020. {cite web}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Habibur Rahman Election Result Kochadhaman Live: Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results 2020 Habibur Rahman Kochadhaman Seat". News18.
  3. ^ "Muhammed Izhar Asfi aimim Candidate 2020 विधानसभा चुनाव परिणाम Kochadhaman". Amar Ujala (in Hindi).
  4. ^ "Muhammed Izhar Asfi(All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen):Constituency- KOCHADHAMAN(KISHANGANJ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  5. ^ Tewary, Amarnath; Sikdar, Shubhomoy (29 June 2022). "4 out of 5 AIMIM MLAs join Tejashwi's RJD in Bihar; becomes single-largest party again". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Cong MLA brings bride in chopper, invites one lakh guests to reception - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Celebratory firing at Bihar Congress MLA Tauseef Alam's marriage, attended by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar". NDTV.com. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  8. ^ "AIMIM छोड़कर RJD क्यों गए कोचाधामन विधायक इज़हार अस्फी?". मैं मीडिया. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.