For the first time in four decades, Rampur and SP stalwart Azam Khan find themselves disqualified and without a seat in the House. Yogi government has now come on their target
Azam Khan (centre) with son Abdullah Azam and supporters in Rampur; (Photo: Manish Agnihotri)
AJam Khan was unusually quiet as his supporters waited at the MP-MLA court complex in Moradabad on February 13. When he and his supporters created a ruckus at Chhajlet police station in Moradabad district. On New Year’s Day in 2008, there was a terrorist attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Rampur (incidentally Azam’s home district), following which a high alert was declared across the state. The next day Azam’s convoy was going to a wedding ceremony, when the vehicle was stopped at Chhajlet for checking. Enraged by this, Azam and his supporters blocked the highway for several hours. The police then registered a case against nine people, including Azam and his younger son Abdullah Azam.