Background
Taj was born in Gaya, India, attended Patna University and Medical School, worked for Bihar State Health Services, moved to the United Kingdom for postgraduate training in 1974, and moved to the United States in 1982 or 1983.
Taj was born in Gaya, India, attended Patna University and Medical School, worked for Bihar State Health Services, moved to the United Kingdom for postgraduate training in 1974, and moved to the United States in 1982 or 1983.
Taj completed his medical residency at Oakwood Hospital and eventually became Chairman of the Medicine Department.
He stepped down from his post as Chief of Medicine at Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn in March 2012 in order to concentrate on his campaign. In the general election on November 6, 2012, he lost against Republican Kerry Bentivolio. Taj was elected as the only Democrat on the Canton Board of Trustees in 2008 with 20,000 votes, 18.63% of the total.
In office, he supported council legislation to lower property taxes and water bills.
He also served on the board of directors of the Canton Community Foundation and the Wayne County Senior Alliance. Taj denies having extremist sympathies and says that the allegations are merely racial and religious slurs.
According to a Plymouth-Canton Patch candidate survey, Taj stated that he supports tax incentives to hire new workers during recessions, eliminating tax loopholes, fair trade legislation, greater benefits for veterans, and tax reform. Taj has publicly supported the Affordable Care Acting but stated that wanted to improve lieutenant
He also opposes privatizing Social Security and Medicare, and supports seeking other avenues to raise revenues for program solvency.
