Badruddin Ajmal is the President of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and three-time (2009, 2014 and 2019) MP from Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency of Assam. Apart from being a politician, he is also an established businessman, industrialist, philanthropist and social worker.
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Badruddin Ajmal was born in Ali Nagar village located in Hojai district of Assam. His full name is Badruddin Ajmal Kasmi. There is confusion regarding his official date of birth. According to one source, he was born on Sunday, 12 February 1950 (age 74 years; as of 2024); However, according to another source, his year of birth is 1956 (age 68 years as of 2020). Ajmal completed Fazil-e Deoband (equivalent to a master’s degree in Islamic theology and Arabic) from Darul Uloom Deoband, UP, and joined his family business in 1975.
family and caste
Ajmal belongs to an affluent business family of Muslim community.
parents and siblings
Badruddin’s father, Haji Ajmal Ali, was a rice farmer who came to Mumbai in 1951 and became a perfume maker. Later, Haji Ajmal Ali established his own perfume company named “Ajmal Perfumes”, which was taken over by his children after his death.
Founder of Ajmal Perfumes, Haji Ajmal Ali
Maulana Badruddin Ajmal has four siblings: Mohammad Ameeruddin Ajmal Ali, Mohammad Sirajuddin Ajmal (former MP), Fakhruddin Ajmal and Abdullah Ajmal.
Abdullah Ajmal
Fakhruddin Ajmal
Maulana Badruddin along with his brother Mohammad Sirajuddin Ajmal submitted a memorandum to PM Modi highlighting several issues related to Assam.
wife and children
Badruddin Ajmal married Rezwana Ajmal on 30 December 1979. The couple have seven children: six sons and one daughter. His two sons Abdur Rahim Ajmal and Abdur Rehman Ajmal are also active in politics.
Maulana Badruddin Ajmal with his son Maulana Abdur Rahim Ajmal after casting his vote in Assam Panchayat Elections 2018.
Abdur Rahman Ajmal, son of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal.
livelihood
as a politician
In 2005, he formed a political party named Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), which was later renamed All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) before the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. In 2006, he was elected as a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from two constituencies – South Salmara and Jamunamukh simultaneously. Overall, his party managed to win 10 seats in its first election. This was a major success for Badruddin Ajmal, who was not even recognized by the then Assam CM Tarun Gogoi before the elections. Then in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Badruddin Ajmal won the Dhubri Lok Sabha seat by defeating the sitting Congress MP Anwar Hussain.
All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal filed his nomination papers to contest from Dhubri constituency in the Lok Sabha elections.
AIUDF performance in various elections
Since then, he managed to retain the Dhubri seat in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. There are 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam and Ajmal’s party AIUDF won 3 of these seats. After this, his stature became stronger in the politics of Assam and the country.
as a businessman
There is no doubt that Ajmal’s political party has emerged as the third most important link in Assam politics; However, his identity is not just because of politics. He runs the world famous perfume manufacturing company “Ajmal Perfumes”. In 2011, the company recorded a turnover of Rs. 1,475 crores. Moreover, his business is not limited to perfumes only, but extends from real estate to leather industry, tea production, health services and education.
perfume businessman badruddin ajmal
philanthropy
- He is the Chairman of Markazul Maarif, an NGO which runs schools, hospitals, orphanages with the sole objective of upliftment of the economically and educationally deprived section of the society. Apart from this, the NGO also facilitates many other social, educational and economic development activities at various places in India. Since its inception in 1982, the organization has done a lot of work for the benefit of the people in the areas of poverty, illiteracy and basic immunization, especially in Assam and other North-Eastern states.
- He is the Managing Trustee of Haji Abdul Majeed Memorial Public Trust, Hojai. The trust is known for building the multi-crore charitable hospital Haji Abdul Majeed Memorial Hospital and Research Center in Hojai, Assam.
- He also heads the Jamiat Ulama-e-Assam of Assam and the Tanzeem Madaris-e Quamia – All Assam Non-Government Madrassa Board, which prepares the curriculum and conducts examinations for over 400 madrassas across the state. He is also associated with many other schools, madrassas and orphanages as president or secretary in different parts of North-East India.
Whenever children get new clothes from their parents they always feel happy, but children who have lost their parents feel deprived of this moment. Today I feel inner joy in inviting the orphan students of Ajmal Modern Residential School to Ajmal House and providing them new clothes. pic.twitter.com/0RRSXHaXya
– Maulana Badruddin Ajmal (@BadruddinAjmal) 11 March 2020
controversies
- In December 2017, Badruddin Ajmal abused and threatened a journalist during a press conference when he was asked whether he would join an alliance with the BJP or the Congress. Ajmal received heavy criticism after the incident. The journalist also lodged an FIR against him, after which Ajmal apologized for his behaviour.
#Watch In Assam’s Hatsingimari, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal threatened to behead a journalist who asked him whether he would ally with Congress or BJP in future: Go away dogs, for how much money has BJP bought you? Go away, I will break your head. Go file a case against me. pic.twitter.com/XQvp5mZ4it
– ANI (@ANI) 26 December 2018
- In October 2019, Badruddin Ajmal courted controversy when he categorically rejected Assam’s two-child policy. He said,
Muslims will keep having children and will not listen to anyone. Our religion and I personally believe that those who want to come into the world will come and no one can stop it.”
- In November 2020, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal faced public contempt when several members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shared a video claiming that while welcoming Badruddin at Silchar airport, people shouted “Pakistan Slogans of “Zindabad” were raised. The same day the AIUDF held a press conference and rejected claims that it was an attempt by the BJP as well as some media channels to defame the AIUDF by distorting the actual slogan ‘Aziz Khan Zindabad’ as ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ .
Look at the shamelessness of these anti-national fundamentalist people who are raising slogans of Pakistan Zindabad while welcoming the MP. @BadaruddinAjmal,
It completely exposes @INCIndia Which is promoting such forces by forming an alliance. We will fight them with all our heart. Jai Hind🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/CiHZjDweFF
– Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) 6 November 2020
AIUDF press statement on the cheap politics of BJP, how they along with a section of media changed the slogan of ‘Aziz Khan Zindabad’ to ‘Pakistan Zindabad’. pic.twitter.com/obzPASSLNg
– All India United Democratic Front – AIUDF (@AIUDFOfficial) 6 November 2020
- In December 2020, BJP member Satya Ranjan Bora filed an FIR against Badruddin’s “Ajmal Foundation”, a public charitable trust, alleging that the organization was receiving funds from foreign agencies that have links with terrorist organizations. The complaint filed was based on a report by the Legal Rights Observatory (LRO), a legal rights organization affiliated with the Hindu-nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Speaking to a media correspondent, Badruddin Ajmal rejected the allegations leveled on Ajmal Foundation and also denied receiving funds from any foreign agency linked to terror. He said the FIR lodged against him is part of a political conspiracy hatched by opposition Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma to defame him, his party (AIUDF) and Ajmal Foundation. He also demanded an investigation at the highest level to bring out the truth.
net worth
According to the affidavit submitted by Badruddin Ajmal to the Election Commission of India, his net worth as of 2019 is Rs 78 crore.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Ajmal and his three elder brothers were born in a madrasa in their village.
- He has been named several times in the World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims list by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center (RISSC) for his role in philanthropy, charity and development activities.
- Badruddin Ajmal, father of 7 children, is one of the two members of the Indian Parliament who has the largest number of children.
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