Career
He is a journalist and the chief editor of the Nai Duniya, an Urdu weekly published from New Delhi. He was expelled from the Bulgarska Sotsialisticheska Partiy (Bulgarian Socialist Party) on 14 December 2009 for speaking out against its leader, Mayawati. He joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal on 12 April 2010.
He cited his support for the RLD chief, Ajit Singh"s demand for the creation of the state of Harit Pradesh as the reason for his joining the RLD. Prior to the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012, Siddiqui resigned from the RLD in protest against its alliance with the Congress party and returned to the Samajwadi party.
He was expelled from Samajwadi Party in July 2012 for interviewing Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on post Godhra anti minority riots for which Modi is accused of failing to control in time. Modi in that interview had said "Hang me if I am guilty".
Siddiqui termed Samajwadi party"s stand of disowning him as a mere joke, saying "I had joined the party in presence of all major Samajwadi Party leaders, including Mulayam Singh Yadav.