Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi (born Syed Waseem Rizvi) is the former member and chairman of the Shia Central Waqf Board of Uttar Pradesh, India.
[2][3] He is known for filing a petition in India's Supreme Court,[4] as well as producing the Bollywood film Ram Ki Janmabhoomi and The Diary of West Bengal.
[5][6] He was elected a Samajwadi Party (SP) corporator from the Kashmiri Mohalla ward of Old City in Lucknow in 2000, and in 2008, became a member of the Shia Central Waqf Board.
In 2012, Tyagi was expelled from the SP for six years after falling out with Shia cleric Kalbe Jawad, who accused him of misappropriation of funds.
[7] In response, a Bareilly based religious outfit All India Faizan-e-Madina Council (AIFMC) announced a bounty of Rs 1,000,786 and a free Hajj trip for anyone who beheads Tyagi.