Career
In 1999, Tariq Anwar along with Sharad Pawar and P A Sangma broke away from Congress (I), in protest of a person of foreign origin (Sonia Gandhi) being anointed president of Congress party. And have formed Nationalist Congress Party. He contested his first Lok Sabha election from Katihar Parliamentary constituency on a Congress ticket in 1977 which he lost.
He has been the National President of Indian Youth Congress.
In 1989, Tariq was offered the post of a cabinet rank with Finance portfolio in the substance of deputy Chief Minister in the Bihar Cabinet, headed by veteran Satyendra Narain Sinha. NCP chose to be part of Indian National Congress controlled Universal Postal Union"s federal government of India, from 2004-2014 (2 terms).
On 28 October 2012, he was appointed Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing of the Government of India.