First time MlA from Ballimaran assembly seat, Imran Hussain will be new Food and Supplies and Environment Minister in the Arvind Kejriwal Government after the sacking of Asim Ahmed Khan.
Imran Hussain had joined AAP after 2013 Delhi Assembly Election. Hussain had won MCD elections as independent candidate in 2009. He was seeking ticket from Seelampur in 2013 assembly polls from the Congress, but the party didn't consider his name.
Following which he joined BSP and contested assembly polls in 2013 from Ballimaran against Congress leader Harun Yusuf. He had lost the assembly polls. After the assembly polls in 2013, Hussain had joined the AAP and defeated Harun Yusuf by a huge margin.
Imran Hussain won by 33,877 votes against his nearest rival Shayam lal Morwal of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Haroon Yusuf of Congress stood at number three.
Political watchers said that Hussain was at one point of time was closed to Harun Yusuf and Soaib Iqbal.
According to locals, Hussain is also a businessman and deals in property.