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, 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

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.

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.

The apex court said the interim bail will operate till the court decides the application for regular bail.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Azam Khan is lodged in jail in connection with a number of cases of theft, criminal intimidation, and illegal encroachment among others.

Azam Khan is lodged in jail in connection with a number of cases of theft, criminal intimidation, illegal encroachment among others.

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.

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.

Khan is currently lodged in Sitapur jail in over 100 cases pertaining to theft, criminal intimidation, fraud and encroachment.

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. 

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.

CM Yogi Adityanath said that Akhilesh Yadav should understand that cases against Azam Khan pertain to courts and not state governments.

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.

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.