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Aaley Mohammad Iqbal
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aaley Mohammad Iqbal (born 14 March 1990) is a politician from Old Delhi. He is serving as a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from the Matia Mahal Assembly constituency since 8 February 2025.[1] He had also served as the Deputy Mayor of Delhi Municipal Corporation.[2] He is the elected councillor from Chandni Mahal Ward of Matia Mahal Assembly constituency.[3] He has been elected for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi three times in 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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He is also the President of the All India Crossminton Organization.[4]
Aaley is the 1st term youngest councilor of MCD at the age of 22 on independent ticket.[5]
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Early life
He is the son of Shoaib Iqbal, former Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Matia Mahal.
Political career
At the age of 22, Iqbal made his debut in MCD by winning 2012 election as RLD candidate from Turkman Gate.[5] He was the chairman of the City Sadar Paharganj Zone.
In 2017, he elected 2nd term councilor of Municipal Corporation of Delhi.[6]
In the 2022 Delhi MCD elections, Iqbal won 3rd term with the highest margin and became the Deputy Mayor of Delhi.[7] He defeated Mohammad Hamid of INC by a margin of 17134 votes.[8]
He was also the member of All India Congress Committee.
Hs was nominated for the post of Deputy Mayor of MCD by Aam Aadmi Party PAC.[9] On 22 February 2023, Aaley won the election for the Deputy Mayor post. He received 31 more votes than his only rival of the Bhartiya Janta Party-Kamal Bagri. In total he had received 147 votes against his rival Kamal Bagri's 116.[10] Elections are held for Delhi's mayoral posts at the end of every financial year. Incumbent deputy mayor Aaley Mohammad Iqbal of the Aam Aadmi Party won unopposed for the second term on 26 April 2023.
He was elected as a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from the Matia Mahal Assembly constituency in 2025 Assembly Elections.[11][12]
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