He was additionally identified for his grand Iftar events which had been attended by high Bollywood stars.
Baba Siddique had represented Bandra (West) seat 3 times within the Maharashtra meeting. A outstanding Muslim chief from Mumbai, he was additionally identified be near a number of Bollywood stars, together with Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt.
His son Zeeshan Siddique is presently the Congress MLA from Mumbai.
Whereas quitting the Congress to hitch the NCP in February this 12 months, Baba Siddique had not cited any purpose for his choice to depart the Grand Previous Occasion, solely stating “some issues are higher left unsaid.”
Together with his becoming a member of the NCP, the Ajit Pawar-led NCP had acquired a lift forward of the Lok Sabha elections.
NCP leaders had been banking on Siddique to be instrumental in spreading the get together’s wings in Mumbai particularly within the Muslim dominated wards for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company elections.
Siddique was an MLA for 3 consecutive phrases in 1999, 2004 and 2009. He was a minister of state for meals and civil provides, labour and FDA within the state authorities (2004-08), and was additionally a municipal corporator for 2 consecutive phrases.
He has additionally served because the chairperson and senior vice-president of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee and parliamentary board member of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
“My journey was with Indira Gandhi-Rajiv Gandhi-Sanjay Gandhi. The present Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is like my father. However typically some selections should be made in private life,” Siddique had mentioned earlier than becoming a member of the NCP and thanked activists and leaders who supported him in his journey of 48 years within the Congress.
Baba Siddique was waylaid by three males at Kher Nagar in Mumbai simply exterior his son’s workplace round 9.30 pm on Saturday and shot at. He was taken to Lilavati Hospital, the place he was declared lifeless.