Intezar Abidi
Before being arrested in June 2011, he was a member of the state government(MINISTER) cabinet under Mayawati, heading off the UP Kisan Ganna Sansthan, a state body that imparts training to sugarcane growers.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
Abidi hails from the Bahera Sadat village of Fatehpur district and has a BSc and LLB from Shia Degree College. He is closely related to Syed Shahenshah Haider Abidi of the Samajwadi Party. In 2009, Abidi and BSP politician Jitendra Singh were identified as leaders in a group of 150 arsonists responsible for attacking and setting fire to the house of UP State Congress chief Rita Bahuguna. Two years later, in March 2011, Abidi was arrested in this case. Shortly thereafter, he was elevated to ministerial status by Mayawati. He is currently a zonal co-ordinator of Lucknow and Kanpur zone of Bahujan Samaj Party which is a very important post in the political party.
