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Azam Khan

Azam Khan is the founder member of Samajwadi Party and a member of the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India.He was also one of the senior most Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and has been a member of the legislative assembly for nine terms from Rampur assembly constituency. Azam Khan was born on 14 August 1948 in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. He attained Bachelor of Laws degree in 1974 from Aligarh Muslim University. He married Tazeen Fatma in 1981 and has two sons.He worked as a lawyer before joining politics. He has been into several controversies which sparked attention from the media. He is known for sharing quite a close relation with Mulayam Singh Yadav, the former Chief Minister of U.P. Khan is currently a member of the Samajwadi Party but has been a member of four other political parties between 1980 and 1992. During his first term, he was a member of Janata Party (Secular). During his second term, he was a member of the Lok Dal. Khan was a member of Janata Dal during his third term. In his fourth term, Azam Khan was a member of Janata Party. Since 1993, he has been a member of the Samajwadi Party.

Azam Khan

Samajwadi party MLAs and Akhilesh Yadav meet UP Governor over Azam Khan being harassed
India | Sep 23, 2022, 03:34 PM IST
Akhilesh Yadav and SP MLAs meet with UP Governor Anandiben Patel about continued injustice being done with Azam Khan and fake cases lodged against him.
Tensions Increases For Azam Khan, Cops Found Cleaning Machines From Digging In Johar University
News | Sep 20, 2022, 08:41 AM IST
Tensions Increases For Azam Khan, Cops Found Cleaning Machines From Digging In Johar University. The machine belongs to Rampur Nagarpalika, case against Khan and 7 others registered.#azamkhan #rampur #indiatv
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan admitted to Ganga Ram Hospital for heart-related treatment
India | Sep 14, 2022, 02:03 PM IST
In August the senior Samajwadi Party leader was admitted to an ICU of a private hospital as he was found suffering from pneumonia.

Land encroachment case: Azam Khan booked in Rampur for threatening witness
India | Aug 18, 2022, 07:22 AM IST
Land Encroachment Case: "An FIR has been lodged against Azam Khan and five other unidentified persons for threatening a witness of a case. The matter is being investigated," Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar said.
Fake birth certificate case of son: SC dismisses plea of SP leader Azam Khan
India | Jul 25, 2022, 03:54 PM IST
Fake birth certificate case: Azam Khan, his wife Tazeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam Khan was sent to jail in a criminal case registered against them, alleging that Abdullah Khan got two fake birth certificates issued through fraudulent means from two different places.
Azam Khan seeks 'Z' category security, says 'I face many threats due to all cases filed against me'
India | Jul 25, 2022, 07:53 AM IST
Azam Khan was released in May on bail after being lodged in Sitapur jail for almost 27 months.

'What's this Lulu, Lolo, Tolo...?': SP leader Azam Khan's funny take on Lucknow mall row | Watch
India | Jul 22, 2022, 08:26 AM IST
Lulu Mall row: Taking note of the Lulu mall row, UP CM Yogi Adityanath pulled up the administration and directed them to take strict action against the miscreants who create a nuisance.
SC seeks UP's reply on compliance with stay order related to SP MLA Azam Khan’s Jauhar University
India | Jul 14, 2022, 03:41 PM IST
Azam Khan’s Jauhar University: A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and JB Pardiwala said the state government will file its response by July 19 and listed the matter for further hearing on July 22.
Azam Khan's wife, son summoned by ED for questioning in money laundering case
India | Jul 05, 2022, 03:22 PM IST
Azam Khan's son Abdullah, MLA from Swar, and his wife Tazeen Fatma have been asked to depose separately before the ED's office in Lucknow this week.

Rampur LS by-election results: Azam Khan gets angry, questions authenticity of polls | WATCH
India | Jun 26, 2022, 07:15 PM IST
The BJP demolished two Samajwadi Party bastions by wresting the Rampur and Azamgarh parliamentary seats. The BJP won both seats in the by-elections.
Samajwadi Party fields Azam Khan's close aide for Rampur Lok Sabha bypoll
India | Jun 06, 2022, 05:13 PM IST
The senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan had vacated the seat after his election to the state Assembly this year, necessitating the bypolls.
SP leader Azam Khan claims threat in jail, says 'difficult to say what my journey is' | Watch
India | May 23, 2022, 09:25 AM IST
Azam Khan, who held immense sway in the party during the SP rule, was released from the Sitapur jail on Friday after spending 27 months in judicial custody in dozens of cases.

Azam Khan, Shivpal skip SP MLAs' meet ahead of UP Assembly session
India | May 22, 2022, 10:18 PM IST
Azam Khan, who was recently released from the Sitapur jail after the Supreme Court granted him bail in a cheating case, didn't attend the meeting due to health reasons, according to a party leader
Azam Khan, Shivpal Yadav skip Samajwadi Party MLAs meet
India | May 22, 2022, 02:40 PM IST
Besides Azam Khan, his son Abdullah Azam and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) chief, who is SP MLA from Jaswant Nagar (Etawah), also did not turn up for the meeting at SP headquarters.
Uttar Pradesh: SP leader Azam khan finally walks free after 27 months in jail
India | May 20, 2022, 12:34 PM IST
In a relief to jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, the Supreme Court Thursday granted him interim bail in an alleged cheating case paving way for his release.

Azam Khan granted interim bail in cheating case
India | May 19, 2022, 12:11 PM IST
The apex court said the interim bail will operate till the court decides the application for regular bail.
'Whenever he gets bail...': Supreme Court questions delay in bail to Azam Khan
India | May 11, 2022, 03:41 PM IST
Azam Khan is presently lodged in Sitapur jail in connection with a number of cases, including that of land grabbing, lodged against him in Rampur.
Travesty of justice: SC on delay in bail to SP leader Azam Khan
India | May 06, 2022, 02:54 PM IST
The plea filed by Khan had contended that the State has adopted all means available to purposefully delay the proceedings so as to ensure that he is incarcerated during the recently held Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
Samajwadi family feud 2.0? Miffed Shivpal meets Azam in jail, takes swipe at Akhilesh
India | Apr 22, 2022, 04:58 PM IST
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party President Shivpal Yadav reached Sitapur on Friday morning to meet the detained SP MLA and former minister Azam Khan in Sitapur jail.
New alignments in Uttar Pradesh politics as Jayant meets Azam's family
India | Apr 20, 2022, 01:42 PM IST
There has not been much interaction between Jayant and Akhilesh after the elections and sources claim that the RLD president is probing new possibilities for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.