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Shahnawaz Rana (born 14 March 1976) is an Indian businessman, politician and former member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Bijnor Assembly constituency.
Rana, a member of the Rashtriya Lok Dal and the Bahujan Samaj Party was elected as member of the State Legislative Assembly in 2007 from the Bijnor assembly seat. He defeated candidate Kunwar Bharatendra Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party in a very close contest.
In 2012, Rana stood for reelection to the Assembly, but was unsuccessful, polling fewer votes than both the winning candidate, Kunvar Bharatendra Singh and the runner up, Mahboob.
Rana is editor-in-chief of the newspaper Shahtimes, one of his family's business enterprises.
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.
References
Further reading
Press Trust of India (14 October 2014). "Muzaffarnagar: Court rejects interim bail plea of ex-MLA Shahnawaz Rana in rape attempt case". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
Narayan, Shalini (29 June 2011). "Family at centre of rape bid row is all-powerful in Uttar Pradesh town". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
Tribune News Service reporter (26 February 2022). "Muzaffarnagar: Court rejects interim bail plea of ex-MLA Shahnawaz Rana in rape attempt case". The Tribune.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
- Akbar yang Agung
- Ahsan Iqbal
- Shahnawaz Rana
- Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency
- Muzaffarnagar
- 2014 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh
- Bijnor Assembly constituency
- Khatauli Assembly constituency
- Bharatendra Singh
- Results of the 2014 Indian general election
- 2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
- Moammar Rana
