Baba ji
बाबा सिद्दीकी بابا صدیقی
Chairperson & Senior Vice President of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 October 2014
National President Indian National Congress	Sonia Gandhi
Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour, and FDA in the Maharashtra Government
Assembly Member for Vandre West
In office 2004–2008
In office 1997–2014
Succeeded by	Ashish Shelar
Parliamentary Board of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 May 2019
National President Indian National Congress	Sonia Gandhi
Chairman, MAHADA Mumbai Board
In office 2000–2004
Municipal Councillor in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
In office 1993–2003
Constituency	Mumbai
President of the Bandra Taluka of the Bandra Youth Congress
In office 1982–2023
National President Indian National Congress	Indira Gandhi
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Shehzeen Siddique ( Alka Bindra )
Children	Arshia Siddique and Zeeshan Siddique
Parent	Father Abdul Rahim Siddique Mother Razia Siddique
Residence	Mumbai
Alma mater	Smt. M.M.K College of Commerce & Economics
Website	http://babasiddique.com/
As of 10 June, 2013

Baba Ziauddin Siddique is an Indian politician who was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the state of Maharashtra in India for the Vandre West Vidhan Sabha Constituency.^[1] He was the MLA for three consecutive terms in 1999, 2004 and 2009, and had also served as a Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour and FDA, (2004–08) and had also served as a Municipal Corporator earlier for two consecutive terms (1992–1997). He currently serves as the Chairperson & Senior Vice President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee & Parliamentary Board of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee .

Political career

Ziauddin Siddique, also known as Baba Siddique, joined the Indian National Congress (INC), as a teenager, in 1977. He participated in various students' movements of the time as a member of the Mumbai chapter of the National Students Union of India – the student’s wing of the INC. He went on to become the General Secretary of the Bandra Taluka of the Bandra Youth Congress in 1980 and was elected its president within the next two years. In 1988, he became president of the Mumbai Youth Congress. Four years later he was elected a Municipal Councilor in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation and was re-elected to the position five years later. He became an MLA in 1999 from the Bandra West Assembly Constituency. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2009, thus, so far, serving three consecutive terms. Siddique was also appointed Chairman of the MHADA Mumbai Board by the Government of Maharashtra to serve from 2000-2004. He was also appointed Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour, FDA and Consumer Protection for the Government of Maharashtra and served from 2004–2008. In 2011, he funded the creation of an Eco-Garden in Bandra-Khar.^[2][3]

Offices and Positions Held

• Member of the National Students Union of India (Mumbai) in (1977)
• General Secretary of the Bandra Taluka of the Bandra Youth Congress in (1980)
• President of the Bandra Taluka of the Bandra Youth Congress in (1982)
• Municipal Councilor in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (1993–98), (1998–2003)
• Member of legislative Assembly (MLA) - (1999–2004), (2004–09) and (2009–14)
• Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour and FDA, (2004–08)
• Chairman, MHADA Mumbai Board (2000-2004)
• Chairperson & Senior Vice President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (2014)
• Parliamentary Board of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (2019)

Personal life

Baba Siddique is married to Shehzeen Siddique (Alka Bindra – sister of Ranjeet Bindra who was involved in Iqbal Mirchi case). They have two children, a daughter Dr. Arshia Siddique and a son Zeeshan Siddique.

References

External links

Media related to Baba Siddique at Wikimedia Commons