dr. abdul ghafoor: (; 5 may 1959 – 28 january 2020) was an indian politician. he was the minister of minority welfare in nitish kumar government of bihar from 2015 through 2017. he was a member of the bihar legislative assembly from 1995 to 2005 and again from 2010 until his death. his political party was rashtriya janta dal (rjd). ghafoor was born saharsa, bihar.