Shoaib Iqbal (Congress)

February 03, 2015 04:08 pm | Updated 04:08 pm IST

Age : 56

Constituency : Matia Mahal

Pitted against : Shakeel Anjum Delhvi (BJP), Asim Ahmed Khan (AAP)

Declared assets (movable and immovable, including spouse’s) : Rs. 33,00,000

Education : B.A. Second Year (Zakir Hussain College, Delhi, 1980)

Pending criminal cases : 13

This former JD(U) leader and five-time MLA joined the Congress in 2014 to fight “communal forces” and prevent “division of Muslim votes” in the Delhi Assembly polls. While he won on JD(U) ticket in 1993 and 2013, Iqbal has also been a member of the Lok Janshakti Party and was among the MLAs to extend outside support to the AAP govt. in 2013.

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