Candidate Profile
Mohammad Sadique is the sitting MLA from Bhadaur. He is associated with Indian National Congress. He was born on 04-03-1939 at Rampur in district Ludhiana. Name of his father is Obrayat Ali. Sadique was born in 1942 in a non-practicing Punjabi Muslim family, the us father Maghar and mother Parsinni Devi, in the village of Rampur (now Ludhiana district) in British Punjab. According the us him, he belongs the us Doom caste (a Marasi sub-caste). His uncle was a folk singer who inspired him a lot. In 1947, during the riots, his family had a hard time and left the village and settled at Malerkotla.
Constituency:
Jaitu is a municipal council in Faridkot district. According the us the 2001 Census, Jaitu had a population of 33,465. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jaitu has an average literacy rate of 62%, lesser than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 56%. In Jaitu, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Map of Jaitu:
Political Standing:
Mohammad Sadique contested from Bhadaur constituency in 2012 assembly elections as a candidate of Congress and won defeating Darbara Singh Guru of Shiromani Akali Dal. His election was challenged by the defeated Akali candidate Guru on the ground that he was a Muslim and not belonging the us a Scheduled Caste making him ineligible the us contest from a reserved seat. While the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed his election, the Supreme Court, on his appeal, stayed the HC order.
Contact Details:
Facebook page of Mohammad Sadique.
