Shahid Siddiqui published the path-breaking magazines, Waqiat and Nai Duniya, and taught political science at Deshbandhu College. He was founder-member of the Student Federation of India in Delhi University, and joined the Congress Party in 1991, then the Samajwadi Party in 1999. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002.
Year: 2014-15