Shazia Ilmi
Shazia Ilmi | |
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![]() Shazia Ilmi | |
Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 2015 | |
Spokesperson of India Against Corruption | |
In office 2011–2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1970-04-02) 2 April 1970 (age 54) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party 2015– present |
Other political affiliations | Aam Aadmi Party till 2014 |
Spouse | Sajid Malik |
Relations | Reshma Arif (sister) |
Alma mater | St. Bedes College, Shimla |
Occupation | Social Activist, Journalist, Politician |
Shazia Ilmi (born 1970)[1] is an Indian politician and the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party since July 2021.[2]
Before joining politics, Ilmi was a television journalist and anchor at Star News, where she led a media campaign for an anti-corruption bill (to institute an ombudsman popularly known as the Jan Lokpal Bill)..[3]. She started her political career with the Aam Aadmi Party and was a member of its National Executive before she left the party in May 2014 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2015.[4]
Early life
Ilmi comes from a middle-class Kanpur-based Muslim family with links to the Indian National Congress political party.[4] Her father, Maulana Ishaq Ilmi, was the founder and editor of Siyasat Jadid, a Kanpur-based Urdu newspaper.
Ilmi was educated at St. Mary's Convent High School in Kanpur and Nainital and then at St. Bede's College, Shimla.[1] She then completed degree courses in journalism and broadcasting at Jamia Millia Islamia and the University of Wales, Cardiff,[3] and also completed a diploma in 16mm film production at New York Film Academy.[5]
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Her brother Aijaz Ilmi is a member and spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Her sister is married to Arif Mohammed Khan, a former Indian National Congress politician and Union Minister, who is currently the Governor of Kerala.[3] Shazia Ilmi is married to Sajid Malik.[4]
Television career
Ilmi spent 15 years in varied aspects of television news and documentary production.[3] She has been an anchor on Star News, where she hosted and produced the popular prime time news show Desh Videsh.[6]
Ilmi has been a member of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television.[7] Her film titled Post Box. 418 Siyasat Kanpur, concerning the struggle for survival of an Urdu language newspaper, was screened at the IAWRT film festival in 2011[8] and also at events such as a similar festival in Kerala.[9] She was also a co-director, with Radha Hola, of a 1996 documentary concerning the eco-feminist Vandana Shiva. This film, called Daughter of the Earth — Portrait of Vandana Shiva, has been shown by various television broadcasters, including the Discovery Channel.[10]
Political career
In 2011, Shazia Ilmi joined the anti-corruption campaign, that was being led by Anna Hazare, and became the urbane, Muslim, media-savvy face of Team Anna.[3]
After the Anna Hazare campaign ended, she joined the Aam Aadmi Party, and became a member of its National Executive.[11][12] Ilmi, along with some other AAP leaders, was briefly involved in a controversy over malpractices in fund-collection, though the allegations were never proven.[13][14] She contested the Lok Sabha elections, 2014 for the AAP from Ghaziabad but lost to V. K. Singh.[15] Having been unhappy with the party's leadership, she resigned her AAP party membership on 24 May 2014.[16]
Ilmi joined the BJP on 16 January 2015 along with IPS Officer Kiran Bedi in a felicitation ceremony at the Delhi BJP office, just before the upcoming 2015 Delhi Assembly elections.[17] She was appointed as a national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2021.[2]
In September 2022, she moved the Supreme Court of India seeking direction to the Central government to establish a consistent and universal code for granting alimony and maintenance (Child support), aiming to eliminate obstacles.[18]
Other activities
In January 2017, Ilmi was appointed the additional director (non-official part-time independent) of Engineers India Ltd (EIL) from 27 March 2017 to 30 January 2020.[19][20]
References
- ^ a b BP Staff (2 August 2012). "The Biography of Shazia Ilmi, a prominent Team Anna Member". Biharprabha News. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ^ a b "BJP appoints Prem Shukla, Shazia Ilmi as national spokespersons". Business Standard. 21 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Sruthijith, K. K. (25 December 2011). "Shazia Ilmi, ex-journalist: The Muslim face of Team Anna". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ a b c Jha, Rakesh (20 January 2015). "Know all about Shazia Ilmi, the journalist-turned-politician". India TV.
- ^ Voll, Klaus; Kamakshi Nanda (2013). AAM AADMI PARTY (AAP) A NEW POLITICAL PARTY IN INDIA (PDF). FEPS. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ Kaniwal, Rahul (18 August 2011). "A thinktank brings Anna the eyeballs". India Today. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "IAWRT Members and their World Premiere Films" (PDF). The International Association of Women in Radio and Television Newsletter. 2 (1). IAWRT: 4. April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "Becoming a woman". The Hindu. 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "4th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala". Kerala State Chalachitra Academy for the Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "Daughter of the earth - Portrait of Vandana Shiva". 10 Francs. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "National Executive". Aam Aadmi Party. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "AAP leaders raising funds through illegal means, shows sting; Kejriwal cries foul". Indian Express. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "AAP sting operation: Arvind Kejriwal cries conspiracy, Shazia Ilmi offers to resign". Zee News. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "AAP defends Shazia Ilmi, threatens to sue Media Sarkar and TV channels". Indian Express. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "6th Candidate List Announced - 2014 Elections". Aam Aadmi Party official portal. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "AAP in turmoil as Shazia Ilmi and Captain Gopinath quit". The Economic Times. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ "Shazia Ilmi joins BJP, not to enter poll fray". The Hindu. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "BJP's Shazia Ilmi moves SC, seeks uniform code for alimony, maintenance". Business Standard. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Shazia appointment" (PDF).
- ^ "BJP's Sambit Patra appointed to ONGC board". 29 September 2017.
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