Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
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Syed Shahnawaz Hussain is a former Indian federal minister and a politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

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Born in Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

 in 1968, he studied for diploma in engineering at Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...

 and Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

. He was elected to Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 in 1999 and was appointed Minister of State for food processing industries, youth affairs and sports, human resource development and civil aviation. He was given independent charge of Ministry of Coal in 2001. He is one of a small group of prominent Muslim leaders in the Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

. While in Delhi, he organized rickshaw-pullers and fought for the rights of the poor hailing from his home state of Bihar. He candidly voiced against the poor and poverty-stricken image of those hailing from Bihar and blames fellow native Laloo Prasad Yadav for projecting the poor image.

Though he has lost several elections, he re-entered the Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 in November 2006 in a bye-election when he won the vacant seat of Bhagalpur
Bhagalpur
Bhagdattpuram was one of the most influential towns in "Aryavarta" . It is supposed to have been concurrent to Patliputra or Patna. Bhagdattpuram finds its mention in the Vedas and Ramayana as well. It is supposed to be the kingdom of Daanvir Karna, the son of Kunti and the Sun God...

in Bihar. Shahnawaz is a well recognized figure in a party despite being a Muslim in a party with a Hindu base.

Election record

1987 : Bihar Assembly contested on BJP ticket from Barauni Constituency, won.
1989 : Lok Sabha election contested on BJP ticket from Purnia Constituency, Lost.
1990 : Assembly elections on BJP ticket from Kishanganj, lost.
1991 : Lok Sabha elections from Purnia, lost.
1995 : Assembly elections on BJP ticket from Araria, won.
1996 : Lok Sabha elections contested from Bhagalpur on BJP ticket, lost
1998 : Lok Sabha elections contested from Kishanganj on BJP ticket, won.
1999 : Lok Sabha elections contested from Kishanganj, won
2004 : Lok Sabha elections contested from Kishanganj,Lost
2006 : Contested Lok Sabha By-election from Bhagalpur,Won
2009 : Lok Sabha elections contested frm Bhagalpur.Won
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