New Delhi: NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique died after being shot by three men in Bandra East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, on October 12, Saturday night.
Two people were arrested right after the incident that happened outside the office of MLA Zeeshan Siddiqui’s son near Colgate ground in Nirmal Nagar. Two suspected shooters have been taken into custody. One is from Uttar Pradesh, and the other is from Haryana. A third person accused of being involved ran away from the scene. After leaving the Congress, Siddiqui, a former MLA for three terms, recently joined the NCP.
It is not the first time a politician has been shot at. This article looks at the history of Indian politicians being killed in the last 15 years. It shows how leaders from different political groups have been killed for different reasons.
List of politicians assassinated in last 15 years
Politician
Year of Assassination
Place of Assassination
Party
Baba Siddique
2024
Maharashtra
Nationalist Congress Party
Naba Das
2023
Odisha
Biju Janata Dal
Atiq Ahmed
2023
Uttar Pradesh
Samajwadi Party
Major Singh Dhaliwal
2023
Punjab
Indian National Congress
Sidhu Moose Wala
2022
Punjab
Indian National Congress
Sudhir Suri
2022
Punjab
Shiv Sena
Kamlesh Tiwari
2019
Uttar Pradesh
Hindu Samaj Party
Kidari Sarveswara Rao
2018
Andhra Pradesh
Telugu Desam Party
Siveri Soma
2018
Andhra Pradesh
Telugu Desam Party
Satpal Kumar
2017
Punjab
Shiv Sena
Amit Sharma
2017
Punjab
Indian National Congress
Ravinder Gosai
2017
Punjab
BJP
Vipan Sharma
2017
Punjab
Hindu Sangharsh Sena
Durga Prasad Gupta
2016
Punjab
Shiv Sena (Punjab)
Jagdish Gagneja
2016
Punjab
BJP
Govind Pansare
2015
Maharashtra
Communist Party of India
Mahendra Karma
2013
Chhattisgarh
Indian National Congress
Nand Kumar Patel
2013
Chhattisgarh
Indian National Congress
Vidya Charan Shukla
2013
Chhattisgarh
Indian National Congress
Dilip Sarkar
2013
West Bengal
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
TP Chandrasekharan
2012
Kerala
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Madan Tamang
2010
West Bengal
Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
Rulda Singh
2009
Punjab
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
About Baba Siddique
Baba Ziauddin Siddique was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. From 1999 to 2009, he served three consecutive terms as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Vandre West Assembly constituency.
During 2004-2008, he was the Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies (FDA) and Labour under Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. Before that, he was a Municipal Corporator for two consecutive terms from 1992 to 1997. Until he resigned from the Indian National Congress on February 8, 2024, he held the position of Chairperson & Senior Vice President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee & Parliamentary Board of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
Later, on February 12, 2024, he joined the Nationalist Congress Party led by Ajit Pawar. Tragically, Siddique was fatally shot on October 12, 2024, in front of his son Zeeshan’s office.
Baba Siddique, former Maharashtra minister, was shot by three men in Mumbai on October 12. This incident is not the first; in the past, some politicians have been assassinated. This article brings out a list of political leaders who were assassinated. knowledge Knowledge News, Photos and Videos on General Knowledge
