21-year-old is youngest poll candidate

One contestant who stands out in the list of the 471 candidates in the fray for Malegaon’s civic elections, is Syed Musharraf Ali. Ali , currently a student pursuing an MSc at a local college, is, according to poll records, born on December 29, 1990.
The young Malegaon lad who marks his entry into politics with this election, says his ambition is to fight corruption.Musharraf is banking on the support of the educated voters from his ward. “It is time for the young and the educated to join politics to eliminate corruption,” he said. Ali claims to have inherited his political leanings from his grandfather, Qazi Abbas Ali, who was a freedom fighter and veteran congress leader of his time.