Majeed Ullah Khan Farhat

Majeed Ullah Khan Farhat is the president of Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) in Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana,^[1] He is seen as a main opponent of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). He is the son of five-time MLA Amanullah Khan. He is the contested MLA from the Yakutpura Assembly constituency and convener to the Bahujan Left Front (BLF). He is an engineer.^[2]

Majeed Ullah Khan Farhat
President, MBT
In office 5 June 2016
Preceded by	Dr Khayam Khan
Personal details
Born	19-11-1969 Hyderabad
Party	Majlis Bachao Tehreek
Spouse	Mohammedi Khatoon ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	4
Parent	Amanullah Khan (father)
Relatives	Amjed Ullah Khan (brother)
Residence(s)	Chanchalguda, Hyderabad
Profession	Politician, engineer

Personal life

Khan was born on 19 November 1969 in Hyderabad, the fourth of seven siblings. He married on 23 August 1997 to Mohammedi Khatoon; the couple has four sons. He is the elder brother of MBT spokesperson Amjed Ullah Khan.

Political career

Khan is very controversial as he was arrested in Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act or TADA ACT in the year 1993 and was in police custody for 3 months and in judicial custody for 9 months on the suspicion of having links with the accused of 1993 bombings. He gained a huge popularity and was granted bail after a year just before the 1994 AP Assembly elections. His party won 2 seats (i.e. his father from Chandryangutta Constituency and their close aide Mumtaz Khan from Yakutpura Constituency party reduced the AIMIM to single seat).

1999 Assembly elections

Their close aide Mumtaz Khan switched sides and turned in favour of their arch rival AIMIM and contested on their ticket. So Khan for the first time ran for election but lost in a close fight.

2004 General election

Khan ran for the Hyderabad Parliamentary against Asaduddin Owaisi and secured 3rd place with 47,000 votes

2014 Telangana assembly election

After a gap of a decade Khan returned on the election battle ground fully charged. Khan had a huge wave in his support. He was addressing thousands of people in his public meetings. Election looked one sided. He was contesting against Mumtaz khan who defeated him earlier. One the day of voting, Khan was arrested for violating model code if conduct. Khan alleged that his arrest was pre planned to weaken him. Khan lost the election once again to Mumtaz Khan he got 28,000 votes and secured 3rd place.

2018 Assembly Election

He was caught up in a controversy. He openly gave death threat to Bhartiya Janta Party Member of Legislative Assembly T. Raja Singh and challenged him to come and fight him. This statement had very mixed reactions. He contested the election and secured around 23000 votes.

See also

• Amjed Ullah Khan
• Majlis Bachao Tehreek