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Syeda Saiyidain Hameed
Dr Syeda Saiyidain Hameed figures in Sanjaya Baru’s controversial book The Accidental Prime Minister.
Baru, who has kicked up a political storm as an author, mentions Dr
Hameed as someone who pipped Anu Aga, Chairperson of Thermax, as Member,
Planning Commission. The Prime Minister had asked Baru to sound Aga but
a last-minute change saw Hameed in and Aga out. Hameed also raked up
controversy when she performed a nikah, a Muslim marriage, in Lucknow. This was the first by a woman. A nikah
is usually contracted by a Qazi. In the Planning Commission, where Dr
Hameed spent 10 eventful years, she focused on gender, minorities and
health. On the eve of demitting office....Read more
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