Episode 2720
Baba Siddique
Sun, 2024-Oct-13 02:21 UTC
Length - 2:11
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With 365,435 views on Saturday, 12 October 2024 our article of the day is Baba Siddique.
Baba Ziauddin Siddique (13 September 1958 – 12 October 2024) was an Indian politician who was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the state of Maharashtra for the Bandra West constituency. He was the MLA for three consecutive terms in 1999, 2004 and 2009, and had also served as Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies (FDA) and Labour under Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh between 2004 and 2008.
Siddique had also served as a Municipal Corporator earlier for two consecutive terms between 1992 and 1997. Before his death, he served as the Chairperson & Senior Vice President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee & Parliamentary Board of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. On 8 February 2024, he resigned from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress party. He later joined the Nationalist Congress Party led by Ajit Pawar on 12 February 2024.
Siddique died on 12 October 2024 after being shot 3 rounds of gunshots in front of his son's office. He was taken to lilavati hospital where he was declared dead around 11:30pm.
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