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Azam Khan

Azam Khan

DOB: 14/08/1948

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.

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Azam Khan said Hinduism is most tolerant religion

Azam's 'Hindu card'? Minister says Hinduism 'most tolerant religion'

Politics | Feb 10, 2017, 08:27 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan, often in news for making controversial statements, on Thursday praised Hindu religion saying it was the most tolerant religion.

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Power tussle: Bad blood in SP will add dark chapter to its history, says Azam Khan

Politics | Dec 30, 2016, 07:03 PM IST

Amid SP staring at a possible split due to open rebellion by Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh minister and SP leader Azam Khan today said that the bad blood between members of the ruling family will

Azam Khan aplogises for his remarks on Bulandshahr rape case

Bulandshahr gang-rape: Azam Khan tenders unconditional apology in SC for his 'political conspiracy' remarks

Politics | Dec 15, 2016, 12:52 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Minister and Samajwadi Party's senior leader Azam Khan today tendered an conditional apology in Supreme Court for his controversial remarks on the Bulandshahr gang rape case. The apex court accepted Khan's affidavit, saying

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SC rejects Azam Khan’s ‘apology’ to Bulandshahr gang-rape victims for not being ‘unconditional’

Politics | Dec 07, 2016, 03:30 PM IST

In a huge setback to senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, the Supreme Court today rejected his ‘apology’ tendered to Bulandshahr gang-rape victims, saying it ‘was not an unconditional apology’.

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‘Bulandshahr gangrape a political conspiracy’: Azam Khan offers unconditional apology after SC directive

Politics | Nov 17, 2016, 08:00 PM IST

Following a directive by the Supreme Court, senior UP Minister and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today tendered an unconditional apology to the Bulandshahr gangrape victims for his controversial remarks that the crime was a ‘political conspiracy’.

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Yogi Adityanath should get married and prove his ‘masculinity’, says Azam Khan

Politics | Nov 12, 2016, 05:32 PM IST

In a yet another controversial statement, senior Samajwadi Party leader and UP minister Azam Khan has asked BJP MP MP Yogi Adityanath to get married and “prove his masculinity”.

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PM Modi should also have raised Allah-u-Akbar slogan in Lucknow: Azam Khan

Politics | Oct 28, 2016, 02:39 PM IST

Muslim face of Samajwadi Party and senior minister in Akhilesh Yadav Cabinet, Azam Khan, has criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raising ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogan at the Dussehra function in Lucknow.

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‘Can make tea, dress properly and play drums': SP leader Azam Khan says he is ‘fit candidate for PM’

Politics | Oct 19, 2016, 12:00 PM IST

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Tuesday pitted himself as candidate fit for the post of the Prime Minister of India as he shares many of incumbent PM Narendra Modi’s traits.

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Azam Khan not in favour of making surgical strike video public

Politics | Oct 06, 2016, 02:08 PM IST

Senior Uttar Pradesh minister and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has said that he is not in favour of releasing the video of surgical strikes carried out by Indian Army against terror launch pads based out of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

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Bulandshahr gang-rape : SC directs CBI to serve notice to Azam Khan

Politics | Sep 27, 2016, 01:58 PM IST

In more trouble for senior UP minister Azam Khan, the Supreme court directed the Central Board of Investigation to serve notice to Samajwadi party leader for not appearing before it for his controversial statement on

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Have all qualities to be India’s PM, except that I am a Muslim: Azam Khan

Politics | Sep 21, 2016, 04:15 PM IST

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today sarcastically remarked that he poses all qualities to become the Prime Minister of India except for the fact that he is a Muslim.

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Bulandshahr gangrape: SC has four posers for Azam Khan's 'political conspiracy' theory

Politics | Aug 29, 2016, 12:32 PM IST

In a strong reprimand to senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan for his 'political conspiracy' remark in the aftermath of the Bulandshahr gangrape, the Supreme Court today said that such statements issued by political leaders

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Rapists should be stoned to death: Azam Khan demands Sharia law to deal with rape cases

Politics | Aug 17, 2016, 08:58 AM IST

Days after the victims of Bulandshahr gangrape approached the Supreme Court seeking registration of an FIR against Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Azam Khan for his unwarranted remark on the incident, the senior Samajwadi Party leader has demanded tha

Azam Khan slams PM Modi on SRK detention

Azam Khan slams PM Modi on SRK detention, says Muslims are ‘disturbed a lot’

Politics | Aug 14, 2016, 02:53 PM IST

Slamming the detention of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan at a US airport, UP Minister Azam Khan has targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama, saying Muslims are ‘disturbed a lot’. “Modiji

Kalu, the minister's pet Labrador, has been missing since

Former BJP minister’s dog goes missing, wife wants special unit to search for missing pet

Politics | Aug 12, 2016, 08:38 PM IST

The wife of former Cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet Ramshankar Katheria has asked the police to take urgent steps to locate ‘Kalu’ her pet Labrador which has been missing for the past three days.

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Azam Khan will only learn when his wife, daughter are ‘gangraped’: BJP leader

Politics | Aug 03, 2016, 01:06 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader IP Singh today stoked a fresh controversy with his remark that Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan will learn a lesson only after his ‘wife and daughter gets gang-raped’.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan

‘He has gone mad’: Victims’ family slams Azam Khan’s ‘conspiracy’ theory

Politics | Aug 02, 2016, 07:21 PM IST

Reacting to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s statement that the brutal gangrape of a mother-daughter duo in Bulandshahr ‘could be a political conspiracy’, the victims’ family said that the Uttar Pradesh minister has ‘gone mad’.

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Political conspiracy behind Bulandshahr gangrape, says Azam Khan

Politics | Aug 02, 2016, 08:48 AM IST

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has stoked a controversy yet again with his remark that the brutal gangrape of a mother-daughter duo in Bulandshahr ‘could be a political conspiracy’.

Sangeet Som

Azam Khan's Jauhar University a bastion of terror, harbours army of terrorists: BJP MLA Sangeet Som

Politics | Jul 21, 2016, 02:34 PM IST

Lucknow: BJP MLA and Muzaffarnagar riot accused Sangeet Som today targeted Samajwadi party leader Azam Khan and claimed that his Mohammad Ali Jauhar university is a bastion of terrorist activities. Addressing a rally in Shamli,

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Azam Khan takes a dig at UP Governor, says he is scared of Ram Naik

Politics | Jul 16, 2016, 01:06 PM IST

Senior UP minister Azam Khan on Friday took a dig at the state Governor and said that he is actually afraid of Ram Naik.

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