Azazul Haque
Azazul Haque is an Indian politician from Bihar. A two-time Member of Legislative Assembly from the Ziradei constituency (2000-2005), he served as a minister of state in the Rabri Devi government. He left the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) to join Samras Samaj Party in 2010. His name is also transliterated as Ejaz-ul-Haq or Ejaz-ul-Haque.
Azazul Haque hails from Khalispur, Siwan. His father's name is Wajid Hussain. He is the brother of criminal-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin.
Haque won the 2000 Bihar Assembly elections as an RJD candidate from Ziradei. He received 63.2% of the votes, defeating Shyam Bahadur Singh of Samata Party. He again won the February 2005 elections, he again defeated Singh who fought as a Janata Dal (United) candidate this time. However, Haque's vote share decreased to 43.66%. Haque was a minister of state in the Rabri Devi government. He was named by gangster Bhupendra Tyagi (aka Awadhesh Tyagi) as the supplier of weapons for use in an alleged plot to kill journalist Tarun Tejpal. Haque was a minister of state in the Rabri Devi government.