NCP Tariq Anwar

Shri Tariq Anwar

Member of Parliament & General Secretary, Nationalist Congress Party

On 25th May 1999, the Nationalist leaders Shri Sharad Pawar, Shri Tariq Anwar with hundreds of their political supporters assembled at No. 6, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road, New Delhi and took the historic decision to form a new Political Party under the name 'Nationalist Congress Party'. Shri Sharad Pawar was elected President and Shri Tariq Anwar, General Secretary of the party.

Shri Anwar belongs to a reputed family of Bihar and remained associated with freedom struggle. Grandfather Barrister Shah Mohd. Zubair was the President of Bihar-Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee way back in 1930's. He was Member of Council of States from Bihar. Father Late Shah Mushtaque Ahmed was Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was also President of Anjuman Taraqui Urdu, Chairman of Bihar Urdu Academy and Chairman of Bihar State Sunni Waqf Board. Started career as a Journalist and was Founder Editor of a weekly tabloid CHHATRA which was publisehd in Hindi from Patna in 1972-74. He was Editor of YUVAK DHARA first a weekly tabloid and later a fortnightly magazine which started publication in Patna from 1974 and then published from Delhi from 1982. He was also Editor of Tanzeem Times a monthly magazine published in English from New Delhi from 1986. He was also Chief Editor SADAKAT VANI a monthly magazine published in Hindi from Patna from 1988. Presently he is the Editor-in-Chief of RASHTRAWADI SANKALP a fortnightly newspaper published in Hindi from New Delhi since 2001.

Positions held


1980 - 1985	Member, Seventh Lok Sabha
1985 - 1989	Member, Eighth Lok Sabha
1996 - 1998	Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha
1998 - 1999	Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha
July 2004	Elected to Rajya Sabha

Important posts held


	President, Bihar State Youth Congress (I) from 1976 to 1981
	General Secretary, All India Youth Congress (I) from 1981 to 1982
	Joint Secretary, Indian National Congress under the Presidentship of Late Smt. Indira Gandhi, from 23rd March, 1982 to 19th September, 1982
	President, All India Youth Congress (I) from 19th September, 1982 to 24th April, 1985
	Chairman, All India Congress Seva Dal (I) from 24th September, 1985 to 11th May, 1988
	President, Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (I) from 5th March, 1988 to 7th March, 1989
	Chairman, AICC Minority Cell from 27th September, 1993 to December 199
	Political Secretary to Congress President from December 1996 to 4th September, 1997
	Working Chairman, Bihar State 20 Point Implementation Committee from Ist June, 1988 to 19th June, 1989
	Member of Joint Parliamentary Committee enquiring Bofors Gun Deal
	Working Chairman, Bihar State 15 Point Implementation Committee for Welfare of Minorities from 20th June, 1989 to November, 1990
	Elected as Member Congress Working Committee on 10th August, 1997
	Appointment General Secretary, All India Congress Committee on 4th September, 1997
	Re-appointed as General Secretary, All India Congress Committee in June 1998 by the Congress President, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and worked as General Secretary till 3rd February, 1999
	Appointed General Secretary, Nationalist Congress Party by its President Shri Sharad Pawar on 23rd May, 1999 and continuing till date

Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments


	Founder President, All India Qaumi Tanzeem, a registered Social organisation working for the welfare of weaker sections and minorities since 1986
	Founder Chairman, Yasmin Foundation, a registered Charitable Trust
	Founder President of Jan Astha a registered Social Organisation

Sports and Clubs


	Member, National Sports Club of India, Delhi
	Member, India International Centre, New Delhi
	Member, India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi
	Deeply interested in sports especially in Badminton, Table Tennis and Cricket
	Countries visited USA, Canada, Germany, France, Holland, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Thailand

Contact details

	Delhi Address	Patna Address	Mumbai Address
	G-21 Nizamuddin West, New Delhi-110013 (T/F) 011-24350886, 24353471 (F) 011-23713344	Park View, Bhanwar Pokhar Patna - 800004 (T) 0612-671485	Flat No. 34, 9th Floor, Asha Co-operative Housing Society, Malawni, Malad (W), Mumbai - 400 0067

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