Who Is Naseer Ahmed, Siddaramaiah's Quiet Troubleshooter In News For 4% Quota Demand For Muslims

Minister for Housing, Waqf, and Minority Welfare B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, a key Muslim face in the Karnataka Congress, has made it to headlines frequently in the recent past for all the wrong reasons. In fact, the five-time MLA and entrepreneur has found himself at the centre of a series of controversies after he entered public life two decades ago.

Sources in the Congress said close to two dozen MLAs petitioned All India Congress Committee president M. Mallikarjun Kharge against Mr. Khan on the manner in which notices were issued to farmers claiming that their land as waqf property. This forced the Chief Minister to direct officials to withdraw the notices issued to farmers.

Amid this, Mr. Khan stirred up another row when he termed the High Court ruling on the alleged MUDA scam as a “political judgment”. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, acting on a representation, has directed the Advocate General to initiate action against the Minister.