Mohsin Raza is an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He is the Minister of State for Minority Welfare Muslim Waqf and Hajj of the state in the Yogi Adityanath ministry. Raza is a Muslim by faith and comes from a family of landowners that traces their roots to the city of Sufis Safipur. He represented Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy. He also had a career in modelling and acting, and was also crowned as Prince Lucknow in 1995. In 2013, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elevated to the post of its spokesperson. Following the party's victory in the 2017 Assembly election of Uttar Pradesh, he was made a Minister of State and given the portfolios of , , and of the state. & Incharge of Amethi Raza played a key role in Amethi Genral Election 2019 for a historic win of Smriti Zubin Irani. On August 2019 Raza was Alloted Charge of Minister of State for Minority Welfare, Muslim Waqf & Hajj.
Personal life
Raza was born in Unnao on 15 January 1968. He hails from a family of zamindars which traces its root to the city of Sufis Safipur. He is the son of Late Syed Jina Raza Naqvi. Father Jina was known as a person of great perseverance Raza is a Shia Muslim by faith. His wife Fauzia Sarwar Fatima is a daughter of time- honoured Businessman & belongs to a Sunni Family. Fauzia was posted as an Administrative Officer at Kenwood. His wife also contested a local election in Safipur. He has 2 children: Ali Zafir Mohsin and Yumn Zehra Mohsin.
Early career
Raza started his cricketing career with the MRF Pace Foundation and went on to represent his state, Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy. in First-class cricket. Raza also had a career in modelling and in the film industry. He acted in the television drama Neem ka Pedm which aired in DD National. He was also crowned winner of the "Prince Lucknow" title in 1995.
Raza is of the opinion that the Bharatiya Janata Party is not an anti-Islamic party. According to him, the Indian National Congress party has made the Muslim community feel that the Bharatiya Janata Party is against Muslims. He also said that his party did not indulge in the politics of votebank.
Triple Talaq is a controversial method of unilateral divorce amongst Muslims where the husband divorces his wife by announcing the word "Talaq" thrice. Raza feels that this practise is against the Constitution of India and should be banned. He also said that a new law for divorce must be drafted and this practise harasses woman. He is also of the opinion of banning the All India Muslim Personal Law Board for supporting the Triple Talaq.
Mohsin Raza called for a ban on All India Muslim Personal Law Board for supporting triple talaq and described it as an unconstitutional entity.“AIMPLB should not be called Muslim Personal Law Board but a Maulawi Personal Law Board. Such an organisation should be banned as it does not work for the welfare of society but endorses a practice like triple talaq which is exploitation of women,“ Mohsin said.
Madrassas in Mainstream Education
The Uttar Pradesh minister Raza favoured introducing a “new dress code” for students at madrassas across the country and added that he will take up the issue with the Centre. He added government in Uttar Pradesh wants to bring madrassas in the mainstream education system. And why only in UP, I think all these religious institutions across the country should be brought into mainstream,” he told PTI. Raza said he intends to discuss the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Haj Subsidy
Raza says It is the poor who deserve government subsidy for Haj pilgrimage, not the affluent Muslims, He added that it would be his priority to ensure ‘deserving Muslims’ get Haj subsidy. “We will only let jayaz persons, who don’t have means to go on their own, to go. If a person is a multi-millionaire he should not make the pilgrimage on government money. We are reviewing the rules and will announce a decision soon."
