{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Asif Muhammad Khan | honorific_suffix = Former MLA | image = | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM = Okhla | assembly = Delhi Legislative | majority = | term_start = 2009 | term_end = 2015 | predecessor = Parvez Hashmi | successor = Amanatullah Khan | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|02|08}} | birth_place = Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Mrs. Fehmina Khan | party = Indian National Congress | relations = Arif Mohammad Khan (brother) | children = Ariba Khan (daughter) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Farmer & Politician | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | parents = Mr. Ashfaque Mohd. Khan (father)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Asif Mohd. Khan|url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/VthAssembly/AsifMohdKhan.htm|access-date=2020-12-18|website=delhiassembly.nic.in}}</ref> | citizenship = }}
'''Asif Muhammad Khan''' (born 8 February 1961) is an Indian politician and was member of the Fourth and Fifth Legislative Assemblies of Delhi, India. He represented the Okhla constituency and is a member of the Indian National Congress.
==Early life and family== Asif Khan was born on 8 February 1961 in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, into a politically active family. He is the younger brother of Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan. His daughter Ariba Khan is councillor of Abul Fazal ward (Okhla) in MCD since 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-27 |title=Who is Ariba Khan, Congress candidate taking on AAP's Amanatullah Khan from Okhla in Delhi Assembly polls? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/congress-legacy-candidate-ariba-khan-takes-on-aap-amanatullah-khan-delhi-polls-9798648/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127094838/https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/congress-legacy-candidate-ariba-khan-takes-on-aap-amanatullah-khan-delhi-polls-9798648/ |archive-date=2025-01-27 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Khan contested and won his first election in 1997 from the Okhla ward of Municipal Corporation of Delhi as an independent candidate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Delhi State Election Commission|url=http://sec.delhigovt.nic.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_dsec/Delhi+State+Election+Commission/Home/Reports/General+Election+to+DMC1997/Candidate+wise+Result|access-date=2020-12-18|website=sec.delhigovt.nic.in}}</ref> He won the election into the Municipal Council for a second term and remained a councillor till 2007. Khan then contested the 2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election from a Rashtriya Janta Dal ticket from Okhla but lost to Parvez Hashmi by only 541 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2008|title=GENERAL ELECTION 2008 TO THE 4th DELHI LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REPORT AND STATISTICAL DETAILS|url=https://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/PastElections/StatReport2008.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119040155/http://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/PastElections/StatReport2008.pdf |archive-date=19 January 2013 |access-date=|website=|format=PDF}}</ref> After Hashmi was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, Khan contested the 2009 by-election and became a member of the assembly. He later switched to the Indian National Congress in 2013.<ref name="Okhla MLA Asif Mohmmad Khan joins Congress">{{cite news |title=Okhla MLA Asif Mohmmad Khan joins Congress |url=https://muslimmirror.com/okhla-mla-asif-mohmmad-khan-joins-congress/ |access-date=20 March 2025 |work= |publisher=Muslim Mirror |date=27 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320172728/https://muslimmirror.com/okhla-mla-asif-mohmmad-khan-joins-congress/ |archive-date=20 March 2025}}</ref> He went on to win the seat for a second time in the 2013 Assembly Election. Khan lost the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election and came third.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015|title=Election to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi from the 54, Okhla Constituency|url=https://ceodelhi.gov.in/OnlineERMS/FORM20/AC-54.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611080657/http://ceodelhi.gov.in/OnlineERMS/FORM20/AC-54.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2016 |access-date=19 December 2020|website=|format=PDF}}</ref>
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