Uttar Pradesh: Akhilesh Yadav reached Sitapur jail to meet Azam Khan, there may be discussion regarding Rampur Lok Sabha seat
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav reached Sitapur jail on Friday. Here he met jailed Azam Khan. Sitapur jail administration had fixed the meeting for about an hour. SP leader Azam Khan has been in jail for several months in the fake birth certificate case.
It is being told that there has been a discussion between Akhilesh Yadav and Azam Khan regarding Rampur Lok Sabha seat. After this meeting, Akhilesh Yadav can also announce the ticket from Rampur Lok Sabha seat. However, there is speculation as to who the candidate will be. This meeting between Akhilesh and Azam before the elections has increased the political heat.
It is known that this is Akhilesh’s first meeting in jail ever since Azam Khan has been detained here for the second time. Before Akhilesh arrived, a large number of SPs had gathered outside the jail. During this period there was also presence of heavy police force.
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Akhilesh’s convoy went straight inside the jail premises. Akhilesh did not talk to the media while going inside the jail. Along with Akhilesh, SP national secretary and former MLA Anup Gupta and SP president from Rampur were also present.
Let us tell you that last year, in the fake birth certificate case, SP leader Azam Khan, his wife Tanzin Fatima and son Abdullah Azam were found guilty and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment. This case of fake birth certificate is related to the 2017 UP assembly elections. Then Abdullah Azam had contested the elections from Swar assembly seat of Rampur on SP ticket. He also won this election.
After the election results, a case was filed against him in the High Court. He was accused that the age mentioned by Abdullah Azam in the election form was actually not that much. The allegation was that Abdullah does not meet the age criteria to contest the MLA elections. Abdullah’s date of birth in the educational certificate is 1 January 1993, while in the birth certificate it is 30 September 1990.
After this matter reached the High Court, the hearing on it started. The birth certificate presented by Abdullah Azam was found to be fake. After this his election from Swar seat was cancelled. Abdullah is accused of obtaining a passport on the basis of the first birth certificate and undertaking foreign tours and also using the second certificate for government purposes.
