Mohammed Ismail Abdul Khalique

Mohammed Ismail Abdul Khalique
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 October 2019
Preceded by	Shaikh Aasif Shaikh Rashid
Constituency	Malegaon Central
Floor Leader of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 October 2019
Preceded by	Waris Pathan
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Shaikh Rashid Haji Shaffi
Succeeded by	Shaikh Aasif Shaikh Rashid
Constituency	Malegaon Central
Personal details
Born	Malegaon India
Political party	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Other political affiliations	Nationalist Congress Party Jan Surajya Shakti
Alma mater	Darul-ulum Deoband
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Politician, cleric

Mohammad Ismail Abdul Khalique is an Islamic scholar and an Indian politician from Malegaon city, Maharashtra. He had two terms as Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He won from the Malegaon Central (Vidhan Sabha constituency). He first won in 2009 by Jan Surajya Shakti. In 2014, he joined Nationalist Congress Party and contested elections, but lost. In 2019, he joined AIMIM. He is also general secretary of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind. ^[1][2][3]

In 2020, Khalique was arrested for barging into a hospital in Malegaon with his supporters and manhandling a doctor and hospital staff for not attending his calls. Ismail claimed he and his followers were polite and non-violent.^[4]

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He has been affiliated with different political parties. He began his political career as a member of the Jan Surajya Shakti party, serving as an MLA from the Malegaon Central Assembly constituency in Maharashtra from 2009 to 2014.

In 2019, Khalique transitioned to the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and contested the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election from the Malegaon Central Assembly constituency. During this election, he secured a resounding victory with 1,16,906 votes, representing 58.52% of the total vote share.