Abdul Hafeez Khan

Abdul Hafeez Khan
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2019–2024
Preceded by	S. V. Mohan Reddy
Succeeded by	T. G. Bharath
Constituency	Kurnool
Personal details
Political party	YSR Congress Party
Occupation	Politician

Mohammed Abdul Hafeez Khan is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He has been a member of the YSR Congress Party since 2011 and represented Kurnool Assembly Constituency. He won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Early life and education

Hafeez Khan was born in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh on January 31, 1977. He finished his secondary education in Montessori School and his intermediate, the pre university course, from Osmania College. Later, he did bachelor's in Civil Engineering from Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology and a Master's in Computer Information Systems from University of Detroit Mercy. He graduated in the year of 2003 and continued working in the software industry in the USA till 2011.

Political career

Hafeez Khan joined as a district steering committee member of YSRCP in 2011 and then became the convenor of the District Minority Committee in 2012. Later, he served as a central executive council member in 2013. In 2016, he became the Assembly Incharge. He was made the Additional Special Representative from Andhra Pradesh to the Middle East and Far East Countries for business development and investments in 2021.

He became an MLA for the first time, winning the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, defeating T. G. Bharath of the Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 5,353 votes. He polled 72,819 votes, representing a 47.70% share of the votes in the constituency.

Service during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Performing last rites
Hafeez Khan became the first Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in India to personally perform the funeral rites of a COVID-19 victim. In doing so, he challenged societal taboos and stepped forward when the community was apprehensive about the virus. Khan also successfully advocated for the reopening of local graveyards, allowing families to conduct proper last rites, despite initial opposition. His efforts helped reduce the stigma surrounding the death of COVID-19 victims. Additionally, Khan founded the 'HK Team,' a volunteer group composed of young individuals, to carry out free funeral services for COVID-19 victims, ensuring that the rituals were conducted with respect and in accordance with religious customs. This initiative allowed the deceased to receive dignified last rites, even in cases where family members couldn't be present

Jagananna Covid care center and Oxygen center
Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hafeez Khan established the Jagananna COVID Care Centre equipped with 300 oxygen concentrators. This provided critical oxygen support to patients, alleviating the shortage of oxygen supplies and preventing hospital overcrowding. He also set up an Oxygen Bank, providing concentrators to COVID-19 patients at home to ensure they received necessary oxygen therapy without hospitalisation. Khan personally coordinated with contacts in the United States to secure the medical supplies mentioned above, which were critical during the crisis. The Oxygen Bank continues to operate even today.

Increasing Ambulance availability
During the peak of the COVID-19 crisis, ambulance charges skyrocketed, leaving many families struggling to afford transport to hospitals. In response, Khan launched a free ambulance service, funded entirely from his personal resources. This unique initiative came as a lifeline to the community, providing essential, no-cost transportation when ambulance services were both scarce and prohibitively expensive.

He also played a pivotal role in ensuring smooth medical transport between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and personally intervened with Telangana state police officials to prevent the unnecessary stoppage of ambulances traveling to Hyderabad from Andhra Pradesh.