Tauqeer Raza Khan is an Indian politician. He is a religious leader of the Bareilvi sect of Sunni Muslims and belongs to Uttar Pradesh, India. In 2001, he founded the political party Ittehad-e-Millat Council. The founder of the Barelvi movement, Ahmed Raza Khan, was his grandfather. Tauqeer Raza Khan is the head of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jaded). In 2013, Khan resigned from the post of handloom department of Uttar Pradesh after the Muzaffar Nagar clashes. To fasten unity among Muslims, Khan visited Deoband in Uttar Pradesh, India in 2016. This town in Uttar Pradesh is the home of the Deoband subsection of Muslims, and later, Tauqeer Raza Khan received critical remarks from his own sect religious leaders for visiting Deoband.Tauqeer Raza Khan founded his own political party Ittehad-e-Millat Council in Uttar Pradesh on 7 October 2001. The party won ten seats in its first municipal elections and its candidate secured 36,000 votes. [6]Jagran News.In 2009, Tauqeer Raza Khan joined the Indian National Congress. The congress candidate Praveen Singh Aron won the general elections with his support and defeated Santosh Gangwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party.Tauqeer Raza was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police in 2010 for his involvement in the Hindu Muslim riots of Bareilly. The Muslim Students Organisation and the Barkati Educational Trust stated soon after his arrest that the situations in the city would not normalise until the release of Tauqeer Raza Khan. [7]India Today They stated, He was arrested on the basis of a fake complaint and claimed that, if he was not released, the city might not return to normalcy..In 2012, Tauqeer Raza Khan supported the Samajwadi Party in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. He requested votes from the minority community in the name of religion. His party won the assembly elections from the Bhojipura constituency when its MLA Shahzil Islam from Bhojipura in Bareilly won the elections.In 2013, Tauqeer Raza Khan was given the portfolio of the vice-chairman of the Handloom Corporation of Uttar Pradesh. During his tenure in Samajwadi Party, he urged the then chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav to investigate the Muzaffar Nagar clashes and suggested that a committee must be formed to look into the matter. Tauqeer Raza Khan also added that his party would no longer support the Samajwadi Party, and resigned from the post in September 2014. [8]The Indian Express.Soon after he resigned from the Samajwadi Party, Tauqeer Raza Khan blamed Samajwadi Party for not protecting the Muslim citizens in Uttar Pradesh and demanded a special investigation into the communal riots. In a media conference, Tauqeer Raza Khan stated that the Muslim community hoped high from the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh but he had no control over the police officials. He further added that the CM had no experience to run the administration. He stated, The people of Uttar Pradesh had high hopes from the young chief minister Akhilesh Yadav that he would herald a new era in the state, but he has disappointed people as he has no control over the officers of the police and the civil administration. This has created an anarchy-like situation in the state. If the Chief Minister had the ability and experience to run the administration, the situation in Muzaffarnagar would not have been so critical..In 2013, Tauqeer Raza Khan visited Delhi and met the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Soon after the meeting, Kejriwal stated that Tauqeer Raza Khan was a respectable person, and Khan said that he was impressed by Kejriwal and his India Against Corruption movement. Tauqeer Raza Khan posing with Arvind Kejriwal.In 2014, Tauqeer Raza Khan supported the Mayawati led Bahujan Samaj Party.In February 2015, Khan formed his own religious sect the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jaded) (Modern), which is a non-governmental organisation for the Muslims that ensures personal laws for the Barelvi Muslims in India. He formed his own party after blaming the Deobandi board members for prejudice. He stated in a media conference while forming his own religious sect that he was feeling short of breath while following the AIMPLB. [9]Wikipedia He stated, AIMPLB has lost all credibility as its two main components have separated. We are the new board now. We were feeling suffocated earlier..