Shafiqur Rahman Barq (11 July 1930 – 27 February 2024) was an Indian politician belonging to the Samajwadi Party.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha at various times from Moradabad as the Samajwadi Party candidate and Sambhal, most recently in 2019.
[2][3][4] Barq came into the news after taking the oath as a member of the Lok Sabha when he declared that Vande Mataram was against Islam and that Muslims cannot follow it.
[5] Barq received widespread criticism for defending the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and equating it with India's own freedom struggle.
According to a Facebook post by Barq, he was a devoted follower of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi.