Shafiqur Rahman Barq: Imposing Muslim face of Sambhal, adjoining areas
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Shafiqur Rahman Barq: Imposing Muslim face of Sambhal, adjoining areas

Hindustan Times  

The demise of senior Samajwadi Party leader and Sambhal MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq, 94, has created a void for the party as the veteran dominated the politics of Sambhal and adjoining areas for over five decades. Javed Ali Khan, SP’s Rajya Sabha MP and a resident of Sambhal, said, “Barq Saheb was our veteran leader who always worked for raising the voice of the poor and the oppressed and his demise is indeed a big loss to the party.” Party’s former youth wing national secretary Ayub Ansari said, “Barq Saheb was a well wisher of the poor in true sense.” He recalled a joke about Barq that whenever someone asked about his location, people close to him would say “must be sitting at a barber’s shop”. Barq worked with Chaudhary Charan Singh and also remained a strong voice of Muslim politics who was also a member of Babri Masjid Action Committee. Barq passed on his political legacy to his grandson Zia ur Rahman Barq and worked hard to ensure his victory as a Samajwadi Party candidate from Kundarki constituency in the 2022 assembly election.

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