ASHFAQ HUSAIN, SHRI, B.A. [Congress (I)—Uttar Pradesh, Maharajganj, 1980]  s. of Shri Istafa Husain; b. at Gorakhpur City, December 25, 1934; ed. at Andrews College, Gorakhpur and Agra University; m. Smt. Safia Ansari; February 2, 1956; 3 s. and 1 d.; Small Agriculturist, Trader and casual Journalist; previously associated with C.P.I., Congress and Congress for Democracy; Member, (i) Executive Committee, Gorakhpur Zila Parishad, 1974-78 and (ii) State Board of Animal Husbandry, U.P., Lucknow; was in the Presidium of U.P. Students Federation Conference held at Varanasi, 1951; Secretary, Indo-Soviet Friendship Association for the last 20 years; Member Executive Committee of the State Indo-Soviet Cultural Society (ISCUS). 

Favourite pastime and recreation:  Reading and writing. 

Special interests:  Welfare of Craftsmen, Weavers and Backward classes. 

Publications:  A book in Hindi on the Problems of Weaker Sections, Weavers and Craftsmen, 1976. 

Permanent address:  Wazirabad Mohalla, Gorakhpur P.O., Gorakhpur District, Uttar Pradesh.