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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

With 11 more, cases against Azam Khan reach 100
India | Dec 18, 2020, 01:32 PM IST
With 11 more cases slapped on Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan, the tally of cases he is facing has reached 100.
Mulayam, Azam in Samajwadi Party star campaigner list, Jaya missing
Elections | Oct 21, 2020, 12:46 PM IST
Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav is admitted to the Medanta hospital in Gurugram after testing Covid positive while MP Mohd Azam Khan is still in jail.
Wife, son to be released on bail, Azam Khan to remain in jail
India | Oct 14, 2020, 09:42 AM IST
Justice Siddharth, on Tuesday, ordered that Tanzeen Fatima and Abdullah Azam be released on furnishing bonds as per the order of the magistrate concerned. forgery of

Allahabad HC stays demolition of Azam Khan's resort
India | Sep 09, 2020, 10:31 AM IST
The Allahabad High Court has stayed the demolition of 'Humsafar', a resort belonging to Tanzeen Fatima, wife of Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan.
Azam Khan removed as head of Jauhar property
National | May 29, 2020, 09:27 AM IST
In a major jolt to beleaguered Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board has taken direct control of Waqf number 157, commonly known as the land belonging to the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust, till now headed by Azam Khan.
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Azam Khan’s wife fractures her shoulder after falling in Sitapur jail bathroom
India | May 11, 2020, 09:58 AM IST
Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan’s wife Tazeen Fatma has fractured her shoulder after falling in the bathroom of Sitapur District Jail, officials said on Sunday.

UP Congress slams Akhilesh for 'abandoning' Azam Khan
India | Mar 04, 2020, 12:50 PM IST
A day after Mohd Azam Khan's brother-in-law Zameer Ahmad Khan said that the former was upset with his Samajwadi Party (SP) for not supporting him in his hour of crisis, the Congress has stepped in to corner the SP for 'abandoning' their leader.
Azam Khan along with wife and son sent to judicial custody till March 2
Politics | Feb 26, 2020, 02:35 PM IST
Azam Khan along with wife Tanzeem and son Abdullah sent to judicial custody till March 2.
Azam Khan surrenders with wife and son, sent to jail
India | Feb 26, 2020, 02:09 PM IST
Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan, his wife Tanzeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam surrendered in the district court on Wednesday. The family was taken into custody.

Supreme Court upholds Allahabad High Court order in Azam Khan's son case
India | Jan 17, 2020, 01:38 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice on plea moved by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam whose election from Suar Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh was annulled for allegedly being less than the mandatory 25 years of age, when he filed nomination.
SP MP Azam Khan, wife and son declared absconders
India | Jan 10, 2020, 09:50 AM IST
The Uttar Pradesh Police has pasted notices on the house of senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and Rampur MP Azam Khan, declaring him, his wife and son as absconders.
FIR filed against Azam Khan's wife, son in Rampur
India | Nov 22, 2019, 02:58 PM IST
The FIR has been filed under sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The said land was under the possession of Rampur district magistrate.

NBW issued against Azam Khan, his family
India | Nov 20, 2019, 05:05 PM IST
The matter is related to the dispute in birth documents of Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam , who is an SP MLA.
SP fields Azam Khan's wife Tazeen Fatima from Rampur
National | Sep 29, 2019, 06:48 PM IST
The Election Commission had announced that polling for 11 Assembly seats in UP mostly belonging to MLAs who had won the Lok Sabha polls and resigned as members of state assembly will be held on October 21.
Allahabad HC stays action on 29 FIRs against Azam Khan
India | Sep 25, 2019, 03:11 PM IST
Khan will now not be arrested in these 29 cases lodged against him in Rampur by farmers, who alleged that he had usurped their land for the Maulana Jauhar University.

Court notices put up outside Azam Khan's residence in Rampur
India | Sep 24, 2019, 10:07 AM IST
The notices were put up by officials from Ganj police station on the main gate of Khan's residence.
Rampur Court issues summons to SP leader Azam Khan and his family
News | Sep 24, 2019, 10:24 AM IST
Azam Khan's son Abdullah has been ordered to appear in court in a fake birth certificate case.
Another FIR lodged against SP leader Azam Khan
News | Sep 19, 2019, 11:04 AM IST
Another FIR lodged against SP leader Azam Khan, FIR has been registered in the case of robbery in the shops of District Cooperative Union.
All cases against Azam Khan would be withdrawn if SP comes to power: Akhilesh Yadav
National | Sep 14, 2019, 11:20 PM IST
All cases lodged against Rampur MP Azam Khan would be withdrawn if the Samajwadi Party comes to power, its president Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday, drawing a sharp retort from Union minister Santosh Gangwar, who termed the assertion an "unrestrained gossip".
After books-buffaloes, Azam Khan now booked for stealing goats
India | Sep 13, 2019, 10:12 AM IST
After being accused of stealing land, books, statues and buffaloes, now Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan has been booked for stealing goats. An FIR against him has been lodged on a complaint filed in October 2016 by one Naseema Khatoon, 50, a resident of Yateem Khan Sarai Gate, Rampur Public Gate.