He was the former member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly for the Rajabala constituency in West Garo Hills district.
[1] Azad Zaman was born in 1974, to a Bengali Muslim family in Meghalaya.
His wife is a teacher by profession,[2] and they lived in Bowabari, PO New Bhaitbari, PS Phulbari in the West Garo Hills.
[3] He competed in the 2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election as an independent politician for Rajabala but lost to Ashahel Shira.
He later joined the Indian National Congress party,[4] and defeated Shira in the 2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election.