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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

SC stays HC order allowing taking over of land allotted to university run by Azam Khan's trust
India | Apr 18, 2022, 02:45 PM IST
The Allahabad High Court had in September last year dismissed a petition against proceedings to take over the land of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur.
Shivpal Yadav dissolves all executive committees of his party
India | Apr 16, 2022, 03:45 AM IST
Azam Khan is lodged in jail in connection with a number of cases of theft, criminal intimidation, and illegal encroachment among others.
Non-bailable warrant issued against SP's Azam Khan in 15-year-old inflammatory speech case
India | Apr 15, 2022, 11:48 PM IST
Azam Khan is lodged in jail in connection with a number of cases of theft, criminal intimidation, illegal encroachment among others.

Azam Khan’s aide targets Akhilesh Yadav, says he neglected senior party leader, Muslims
India | Apr 11, 2022, 04:40 PM IST
Azam Khan is languishing in the Sitapur jail and had won from Rampur Sadar seat for the 10th time in the recently concluded Assembly polls. He quit the Lok Sabha membership from Rampur to remain an MLA.
Upset with Akhilesh, Azam Khan may walk out of Samajwadi Party
India | Apr 11, 2022, 08:16 AM IST
According to sources, Azam Khan has been upset over the fact that Akhilesh did not visit him in Sitapur jail-except once-- where he is lodged since February 2020.
Shia Waqf Board returns waqf properties 'encroached' by Azam Khan to Rampur's royal family
India | Apr 02, 2022, 11:15 PM IST
Khan is currently lodged in Sitapur jail in over 100 cases pertaining to theft, criminal intimidation, fraud and encroachment.

More trouble for Azam Khan's family as police recommends cancelling arms licences of his wife, son
India | Mar 25, 2022, 01:18 PM IST
More than 200 cases have been registered against Azam Khan and his family. A number of cases have been registered against Azam Khan, most of which are about land encroachment by Mohammad Ali Jauhar University.
Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav is likely to resign as an MLA
News | Mar 12, 2022, 04:20 PM IST
Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav is likely to resign as an MLA, sources told India TV on Saturday. Akhilesh is a Lok Sabha MP from Azamgarh. He won the Assembly election from the Karhal Assembly seat in Mainpuri district in the just concluded polls in Uttar Pradesh.
UP Election Result: 36 Muslim candidates make it to new Assembly
Elections | Mar 11, 2022, 01:55 PM IST
This time, while the SP fielded much smaller number of Muslim candidates -- 64 -- primarily in an attempt to shed the tag of its MY (Muslim - Yadav) combination being its core constituency, the BSP fielded 88 Muslims while the Congress fielded another 75.

Even Akhilesh Yadav doesn't want Azam Khan to come out of jail, says Adityanath
Elections | Feb 14, 2022, 10:33 AM IST
CM Yogi Adityanath said that Akhilesh Yadav should understand that cases against Azam Khan pertain to courts and not state governments.
UP election 2022: SC denies interim bail to SP leader Azam Khan for campaigning
Elections | Feb 08, 2022, 11:19 PM IST
A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai, however, granted liberty to Khan to approach the concerned court and request for expeditious disposal of bail pleas. How can you file 32 petitions to seek bail? Don't bring politics in court, the bench said.
Yeh Public Hai Sab Jaanti Hai: What women voters have to say in Azam Khan's stronghold Rampur
Elections | Feb 04, 2022, 12:10 AM IST
The team of India TV's election special show 'Yeh Public Hai Sab Jaanti Hai' reached Rampur and tried to gauge the mood of voters in Rampur, Samajwadi Party Azam Khan's stronghold region.

UP polls: SP leader Azam Khan moves SC, seeks interim bail to campaign for elections
Elections | Jan 22, 2022, 11:23 PM IST
Azam Khan has been lodged in Sitapur jail since February 2020 last year as many cases registered against him.
Yogi's big action against Azam Khan: Govt takes over Jauhar University's land in Rampur
India | Sep 10, 2021, 03:07 PM IST
The Uttar Pradesh government has taken over the land of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur.
Azam Khan's health deteriorates, to be shifted to hospital from Sitapur jail
India | Jul 19, 2021, 02:28 PM IST
Azam Khan, his son and wife Tanzeen Fatima were sent to jail in February last year following multiple cases of theft, fraud and forgery that were lodged against them. Tanzeen Fatima was released on bail in December 2020

Azam Khan, son discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid; being taken back to jail
India | Jul 13, 2021, 03:10 PM IST
Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Khan were discharged from a hospital on Tuesday after recovering from COVID-19 and are being taken to the Sitapur district jail where they were lodged in various cases before being hospitalised, officials said.
SP leader Azam Khan in critical condition, on oxygen support
India | May 29, 2021, 01:13 PM IST
The father-son duo was tested positive for COVID-19 on April 30. Azam Khan's health suddenly deteriorated on May 9 following which he along with his son was sent to Lucknow by an ambulance.
Hospitalised for COVID, Azam Khan's health 'critical but under control'
India | May 24, 2021, 08:55 PM IST
The condition of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is critical yet under control, said a Lucknow hospital in a statement on Monday.
Covid-19 positive Azam Khan shifted to Lucknow hospital from Sitapur jail, on oxygen support
India | May 10, 2021, 10:18 AM IST
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and been shifted from the Sitapur jail to a private hospital in Lucknow for Covid-19 treatment.
Azam Khan's wife Tanzeen Fatima released on bail after 10 months
India | Dec 22, 2020, 10:58 AM IST
Tanzeen Fatima, who walked out of jail late on Monday night, said that she had been a professor in a government college and suddenly she was branded as a criminal.