Shahnawaz Rana

Shahnawaz Rana (born 14 March 1976) is an Indian businessman, politician and former member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly who represented the Bijnor Assembly constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

Hazi Shahnawaz Rana
MLA, 15th Legislative Assembly
In office
May 2007 – Mar 2012
ConstituencyBijnor
Personal details
Born (1976-03-14) 14 March 1976
Muzaffarnagar
Political partyRashtriya Lok Dal
Other political
affiliations		Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party
Spouse(s)Intekhaab Rana
RelationsKadir Rana uncle Noor Saleem Rana uncle
Children2
Parent(s)Badar Rana
Alma mater
D.A.V. College of Muzaffarnagar

Rana, a member of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (a State party) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP; a national level party), was elected MLA— member of the State Legislative Assembly—in 2007 from the Bijnor assembly seat. He defeated candidate Kunwar Bharatendra Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a very close contest. In 2012, Rana stood for reelection to the Assembly, but was unsuccessful, polling fewer votes (with 22.67% of votes cast) than both the winning candidate, Kunvar Bharatendra Singh (BJP; 32.94%), and the runner up, Mahboob (BSP; 24.42%).[1] Rana is editor-in-chief of the newspaper Shahtimes, one of his family's business enterprises.[2][3][4]

Controversies

In 2017, an audio record of a phone call between Junaid Raza and Shahnawaz Rana went viral. Rana is alleged to have told Raza that he committed a murder when aged twelve. Rana however refuted the voice to be his.[5]

References
  1. "2012 Assembly Constituency Election: Bijnor Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. "Uttar Pradesh 2007: Affidavit Information of Candidate (Criminal & Asset Declaration) – RANA, Shahnawaz S/O BADRUJAMA (Bahujan Samaj Party [BSP]): Constituency—BIJNOR". myneta.info. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  3. "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2007". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  4. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Bijnor Assembly Constituency". www.elections.in. Warrdel Solutions. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  5. Uday Rana (2017-01-05). "I committed first murder at 12: SP candidate brags in 'leaked clip' | Meerut News". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-01-15.

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