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| ⚫ | '''Ahmaed Hassan''' ({{langx|bn|আহমেদ হাসান}}) alias '''Imran''' is a veteran journalist<ref>{{cite news|title=TMC fields painter Jogen for RS seat|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/tmc-fields-painter-jogen-for-rs-seat/|accessdate=7 March 2014|newspaper=]|date=February 7, 2014}}</ref> and was a ] of ] from ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Bandopadhyay|first=Sabyasachi|title=RS elections: Trinamool wins as Cong, Left Front MLAs vote in favour|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/rs-elections-trinamool-wins-as-cong-left-front-mlas-vote-in-favour/|accessdate=7 March 2014|newspaper=]|date=February 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chowdhury |first=Rajib |title=Cross-vote cloud on Bengal vote |url=http://www.asianage.com/india/cross-vote-cloud-bengal-vote-916 |accessdate=7 March 2014 |newspaper=] |date=Feb 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307190144/http://www.asianage.com/india/cross-vote-cloud-bengal-vote-916 |archivedate=7 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Defections help TMC’s 4th candidate sail through to Rajya Sabha|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Defections-help-TMCs-4th-candidate-sail-through-to-Rajya-Sabha/articleshow/30022251.cms|accessdate=7 March 2014|newspaper=]|date=Feb 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Six legislators cross-vote in West Bengal|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/west-bengal/six-legislators-cross-vote-in-west-bengal_909794.html|publisher=]|accessdate=7 March 2014}}</ref> He had sworn into the parliament on 9 June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ahmed Hassan Imran speaks in RS on the situation due to floods in the country|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMyUTUeVmj4|publisher=]|accessdate=19 April 2017|date=19 July 2016}}</ref> In April 2017, he was selected as the Chairman for the ] by the ].<ref>{{cite news|title=সাংসদ আহমেদ হাসান ইমরান বিএসএনেল টেলিফোনের উপদেষ্টা কমিটির চেয়ারম্যান পদে নিযুক্ত হয়েছেন|publisher=]|date=18 April 2017}}</ref> He is now the Chairman of West Bengal Minorities Commission w.e.f 22/06/2023 | ||
| ] ] (left) with ] MP Ahmed Hassan Imran (right)]] | |||
| == Early life == | == Early life == | ||
| Imran was born in the Mal police station area of ] in ]. | |||
| The Rajyasabha website does not mention Imran's date or place of birth.<ref name="rs">{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx|title=WebPage of Shri Ahamed Hassan Member Of Parliament|publisher=Rajya Sabha|accessdate=13 September 2014}}</ref> According to Imran himself, he was born in the Mal police station area of ] in ].<ref name="abp14092014">{{cite news|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/state/opponents-pressurising-on-investigation-of-imran-1.68776|title=ইমরান-কান্ডে আরও চাপ বাড়াল বিরোধীরা|date=14 September 2014|work=Anandabazar Patrika|language=Bengali|accessdate=14 September 2014|location=Kolkata}}</ref> He claims to be 100% Indian. However according to a report of the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka sent to the Ministry of External Affairs, he was presumably born in ].<ref name="abp12092014jagannath">{{cite news|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/state/tmc-mp-imran-connected-with-simi-1.68250|title=নবান্নেও এসেছে সতর্কবার্তা, প্রশাসন অনড়ই|last=Jagannath|first=Chattopadhyay|date=12 September 2014|work=Anandabazar Patrika|language=Bengali|accessdate=13 September 2014|location=Kolkata}}</ref> He infiltrated into Indian territory in 1970 or 1971 from Sylhet in present day Bangladesh. Initially he stayed in Dhubri district in Assam. Later he shifted to Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal.<ref name="abp12092014jagannath"/> | |||
| Ahmed Hassan Imran is a well known Bengali Journalist. Like the popular Malayalam daily Madhyamam from Muslim community in Kerala, the Bangla daily Qalam has too consolidated its foothold under his stewardship in West Bengal. Started 30 years ago as a monthly, turned into a weekly after some years, Qalam has emerged as the best and the most popular daily since 2012 with a large circulation in the Bengali community. Due to his popularity and successful venture of the Bangla daily, he was nominated a Member of Rajya Sabha by All India Trinamool Congress in 2014. | |||
| == Career == | |||
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| According to the report of the Ministry of External Affairs, in 1975-76 Imran founded West Bengal Muslim Students Association.<ref name="abp12092014jagannath"/> The organization rapidly spread through the state. On 24 April 1977, Imran co-founded the ] in ] in ]. Imran became the president of the West Bengal unit of the organization and held the position till 1980.<ref name="abp12092014jagannath"/> Even after relinquishing the position, Imran remained the primary organizer and spokesperson of the organization till it was banned in 2001. He setup the office of SIMI in a two room apartment in 19, Dargah Road in the Park Circus area of Kolkata. In 1981, he started publishing ] as the monthly ] mouthpiece of ]. ] continued to be published as a monthly till 1994. During his period SIMI spread throughout the length and breadth of West Bengal.<ref name="abp12092014jagannath"/> | |||
| Born in the Mal police station area of Jalpaiguri district, he obtained his education from his native place. Since his student days, he remained active among students and youth and earned a reputation of a popular leader in Bengali community. It is a fact that there was no dearth of efforts for a Bangla newspaper from the Bengali Muslim community since even before Independence, but his Qalam, evolved from a monthly into a daily, fulfilled the long due need of the community. | |||
| According to the report, as a result of SIMI's growth in West Bengal, Imran became popular in the Islamist circles.<ref name="abp12092014jagannath"/> He was appointed as the board member of the Jeddah based ] to oversee the affairs of the eastern zone. Mamul al Azam, who is the Managing Director of Islamic Development Bank, is the son of Ghulam Azam, a convicted war criminal of Bangladesh and retired leader of ]. According to Indian intelligence reports, Imran is very close to Mamul ul Azam.<ref name="ganashakti">{{cite news|url=http://ganashakti.com/bengali/news_details.php?newsid=60095|title=ইমরানের পর এবার ডাক পড়বে কে ডি সিংয়ের|work=Ganashakti|language=Bengali|accessdate=14 September 2014|location=Kolkata}}</ref> Soon after his appointment as the board member of the ], Imran converted ] into a weekly. In 1998, he converted ] into a daily.<ref name="abp12092014jagannath"/> At this time he shifted the office of ] and ] from Park Circus to 45, Eliot Road. The erstwhile office at 19, Dargah Road became a hideout of the ] cadres.<ref name="abp12092014jagannath"/> Apart from being the editor of ], Imran also acted as the India correspondent of a ] controlled ] daily named Naya Diganta published from ].<ref name="abp12092014jagannath"/> His articles were published regularly in Naya Diganta. He also acted as the news gatherer for ] division of Radio Tehran. In 2011, he sold ] to Sudipta Sen, the CEO of Saradha Group.<ref name="toi09092014">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Asif-in-tell-all-mode-in-8-hour-CBI-grilling/articleshow/42052906.cms|title=Asif in tell-all mode in 8-hour CBI grilling|date=9 September 2014|work=The Times of India|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref> | |||
| == Allegations of anti-national activities == | |||
| === Links with Jamaat-e-Islami === | |||
| During the 2014 general elections, Gautam Deb, the former Housing Minister of West Bengal, quoting from a secret report, alleged that Imran was a front man of the ].<ref name="hindu11052014">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/tmc-mp-frontman-for-bangladesh-jamateislami-says-gautam-deb/article5998103.ece|title=TMC MP frontman for Bangladesh Jamat-e-Islami, says Gautam Deb|last=Bagchi|first=Suvojit|date=11 May 2014|work=The Hindu|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref> Deb further alleged that Imran maintained close association with many top ranking ] leaders. Imran denied all the allegations and contemplated legal action against Deb.<ref name="hindu11052014"/> According to a Ministry of External Affairs report, Imran had direct connection with ] leaders like ], ], ], ], Mir Quasem Ali and Abdul Quader Mollah<ref name="abp12092014jagannath"/>. Many of these leaders are either accused or convicted of genocide of the ] during the ]. According to an Indian intelligence report, Imran and one Maulana Asif Khan had channeled huge amounts of money to ] and BNP in 2014.<ref name="bdnews24.com03092014">{{cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/09/03/major-us-operation-to-oust-hasina|title='Major US operation to oust Hasina'|date=3 September 2014|work=bdnews24.com|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref> | |||
| According to Bangladesh based human rights activist Shahriyar Kabir, Imran has close connections with ]. Imran has denied any connection with the ] and maintains that he left SIMI in 1984.<ref name="tt14092014">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140914/jsp/frontpage/story_18834073.jsp|title=Bangla meet in air as pot boils|date=14 September 2014|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=14 September 2014|location=Kolkata}}</ref> | |||
| === 2007 Kolkata riots === | |||
| {{Main|2007 Kolkata riots}} | |||
| According to Indian Intelligence Bureau reports, Imran along with Idris Ali played a major role in the violent riots in Kolkata on 21 November 2007.<ref name="bdnews24.com13092014">{{cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/09/13/probe-started-against-trinamool-mp-imran|title=Probe started against Trinamool MP Imran|date=13 September 2014|work=bdnews24.com|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref> People under the banner of All India Minority Forum blockaded major part of the central Kolkata and resorted to arson and violence in their plea to evict exiled Bangladeshi writer ] from ]. | |||
| === 2013 Canning riots === | |||
| {{Main|2013 Canning riots}} | |||
| According to report of the South 24 Parganas district Intelligence Bureau send to the West Bengal Home Department, Ahmed Hassan Imran was directly involved in the ] in 2013.<ref name="abp13092014ghatak">{{cite news|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/state/imran-has-been-warns-of-state-agents-1.68573|title=ইমরান নিয়ে সতর্ক করেন রাজ্যের গোয়েন্দারাও|last=Ghatak|first=Shubhashish|date=13 September 2014|work=Anandabazar Patrika|language=Bengali|accessdate=13 September 2014|location=Kolkata}}</ref> The report stated that on 21 February 2013, Imran send large numbers of Muslim youths armed with bombs and other arms from Park Circus to Naliakhali.<ref name="abp13092014ghatak"/> He also send armed youths from Muslim dominated Rajabazar and Metiabruz of Kolkata and Magrahat and Basanti of South 24 Parganas district to Naliakhali.<ref name="abp13092014ghatak"/> The armed youths looted and set fire to around 300 houses. In the evening he convened a meeting with several Muslim leaders in a five star hotel in Kolkata, where he shared how he had organized the violence and how he would control the area in future.<ref name="abp13092014ghatak"/> | |||
| == Investigations == | |||
| === Bangladesh === | |||
| According to Indian Home Ministry report, the Bangladesh government has blocked the visa of Ahmed Hassan.<ref name="bartaman14092014">{{cite news|url=http://bartamanpatrika.com/content/main1.htm|title=তৃণমূল এম পির বাংলাদেশে ঢোকা নিষেধ, জামাত যোগের তথ্যও ঢাকা দেবে দিল্লিকে|date=14 September|work=Dainik Bartaman|language=Bengali|accessdate=14 September 2014|location=Kolkata}}</ref> The Bangladesh government has formed a committee to investigate the channeling of Saradha's funds to ]. It has started preparing a report on the ] has utilized the funds from Saradha in the 2014 Bangladesh general elections and the relation between ] and Ahmed Hassan Imran.<ref name="bartaman14092014"/> In a seminar arranged by the Bangladesh government in Dhaka, the Liberation War Minister called for a join task force between ], ] and ] to stop the terrorist activity of ].<ref name="bartaman14092014"/> | |||
| === India === | |||
| The Indian Home Ministry has directed the National Investigation Agency to work closely with the Bangladeshi counterpart to probe the link between ] and Ahmed Hassan Imran.<ref name="bartaman14092014"/> The National Investigation Agency has also started investigation on the connections between Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and ].<ref name="bartaman14092014"/> | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:58, 22 October 2024
Indian politician
| Ahamed Hassan | |
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 Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Hassan Imran (left) with the former Minister of External Affairs of India, Sushma Swaraj (right) | |
| MP of Rajya Sabha for West Bengal | |
| In office 3 April 2014 – 2 April 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Barun Mukherji |
| Succeeded by | Dinesh Trivedi |
| Constituency | West Bengal |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | AITC |
Ahmaed Hassan (Bengali: আহমেদ হাসান) alias Imran is a veteran journalist and was a MP of Rajya Sabha from West Bengal, India. He had sworn into the parliament on 9 June 2014. In April 2017, he was selected as the Chairman for the Telephone Advisory Committees by the Govt. of India. He is now the Chairman of West Bengal Minorities Commission w.e.f 22/06/2023
Early life
Imran was born in the Mal police station area of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.
Ahmed Hassan Imran is a well known Bengali Journalist. Like the popular Malayalam daily Madhyamam from Muslim community in Kerala, the Bangla daily Qalam has too consolidated its foothold under his stewardship in West Bengal. Started 30 years ago as a monthly, turned into a weekly after some years, Qalam has emerged as the best and the most popular daily since 2012 with a large circulation in the Bengali community. Due to his popularity and successful venture of the Bangla daily, he was nominated a Member of Rajya Sabha by All India Trinamool Congress in 2014.
Born in the Mal police station area of Jalpaiguri district, he obtained his education from his native place. Since his student days, he remained active among students and youth and earned a reputation of a popular leader in Bengali community. It is a fact that there was no dearth of efforts for a Bangla newspaper from the Bengali Muslim community since even before Independence, but his Qalam, evolved from a monthly into a daily, fulfilled the long due need of the community.
References
- "TMC fields painter Jogen for RS seat". The Indian Express. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- Bandopadhyay, Sabyasachi (7 February 2014). "RS elections: Trinamool wins as Cong, Left Front MLAs vote in favour". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- Chowdhury, Rajib (8 February 2014). "Cross-vote cloud on Bengal vote". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- "Defections help TMC's 4th candidate sail through to Rajya Sabha". The Times of India. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- "Six legislators cross-vote in West Bengal". Zee News. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- "Ahmed Hassan Imran speaks in RS on the situation due to floods in the country". Rajya Sabha TV. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- "সাংসদ আহমেদ হাসান ইমরান বিএসএনেল টেলিফোনের উপদেষ্টা কমিটির চেয়ারম্যান পদে নিযুক্ত হয়েছেন". Sangbad Pratidin. 18 April 2017.