Introduction
Kunwar Danish Ali (born 10 April 1975) is an Indian politician and a Member of Lok Sabha for Amroha since 2019. Ali has joined Bahujan Samaj Party in March 2019 after leaving Janata Dal (Secular).
Early life
Ali was born on 10 April 1975. He hails from Hapur and is born to Jafar Ali. He graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi.
Political career
Ali started his political career with Janata Dal (Secular) and went on to become the general secretary of the party. On 16 March 2019, he joined Bahujan Samaj Party with the consent of Janata Dal (Secular) leader and Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. Six days later, Bahujan Samaj Party announced that Ali would contest the upcoming 2019 Indian general election from Amroha constituency. On 23 May, he was elected to the Lok Sabha after defeating Kanwar Singh Tanwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party, his nearest rival by a margin of nearly 63,000 votes. Ali was polled 601,082 votes.