| 1. Kaneez Fatima, an Indian politician, was elected as MLA from Gulbarga Uttar in Karnataka in 2018 and 2023. |
| 2. She is the late Qamar ul Islam's wife, a prominent INC politician in Karnataka who served as an MLA six times. |
| 3. Qamar ul Islam, her husband, was elected from Gulbarga and Gulbarga Uttar Assembly constituencies in various years. |
| 4. After Qamar's demise, Kaneez Fatima won the Gulbarga Uttar seat in 2018 and retained it in 2023. |
| 5. In the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections, she was the sole Muslim woman candidate fielded by INC. |
| 6. Initially hesitant, Fatima contested the 2018 elections after persuasion from key political figures. |
| 7. In 2019, she led protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Kalaburagi. |
| 8. In 2022, Fatima joined Muslim female students in protesting the ban on hijabs in Karnataka state-run institutions. |
