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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New Delhi: Amidst the debate over rising intolerance in the country, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Azam Khan on Friday targeted BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre saying that Muslims 'are not the citizens of democratic
New Delhi: A local BJP leader today filed a complaint with the Delhi Police against senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan accusing him of trying to create communal tension and treachery by taking the Dadri
Dadri: Firebrand VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi was today denied entry into Dadri's Bishada village in view of prohibitory orders imposed by the administration following the lynching of a man over rumours of alleged beef consumption.Prachi
Mumbai: Hitting out at Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan for seeking UN's intervention to look into the "miseries" of minorities in India, the Shiv Sena today said by doing so the senior Samajwadi Party leader
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi today opposed Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan's move to take the lynching of a man over rumours that he ate beef to the United Nations.The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
Lucknow: Amid outcry over lynching of a 50-year-old Muslim man in Dadri, senior Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan today sought intervention of United Nations to look into the "miseries" of minorities in India.In a letter
Lucknow: BJP MP Yogi Adityanath today lashed out at Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan for writing to the UN over the Dadri lynching case and said it was an attempt to earn "cheap publicity" through
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Azam Khan today dared the BJP Central government to cancel the licenses of hotel serving beef and pork and demanded to enact law against cow slaughter in the country."Five
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan today said that he has sought time with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon over the burning issue of Dadri lynching.He accused the BJP and RSS of trying to
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party's Muslim face Azam Khan today blamed Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Dadri lynching incident saying the latter 'must rein in his volunteers'.Khan, who is a cabinet minster in Akhilesh
Lucknow: Putting his own government in the dock, Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan today alleged that the state police was taking "one-sided action" and "terrorising" Muslims who were planning to perform 'qurbani' (sacrifice) of goats
Varanasi: Senior Samajwadi Party leader and UP Cabinet Minister Azam Khan on Tuesday claimed it was he and not Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was carrying out development work in the temple town.Khan, while inaugurating
Lucknow: Criticising the Smart City project of the NDA government, Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan today said emphasis should be rather given on developing "smart villages" to reduce migration of people from rural to urban."The
Lucknow: The growing unease between Governor Ram Naik and Uttar Pradesh government over appointment of Lokayukta today found an echo in the Assembly with ministers expressing displeasure over the role of the Raj Bhawan.Referring to
Allahabad: Azam Khan, senior minister of UP govt, today hit out at the politicians criticising Yakub Memon's hanging and said that these people are actually trying to divide society on religious lines.“Those supporting Yakub Memon
Faizabad(UP): Taking on BJP, Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan today alleged "mischievous" activities are being carried out daily at the behest of the saffron party to flare up communal atmosphere in all the districts of
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has fixed July 15 for passing its order on a PIL seeking directions for disqualifying Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Azam Khan to be an MLA and restraining him from holding
Jhansi (UP): Senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring back terrorists from Pakistan with him when he goes there next year for the SAARC summit.“The Prime Minister while
Rampur: Uttar Pradesh Police, still afresh with applause it received after cracking Minister Azam Khan's buffalo theft case, has now been trusted to investigate into a ‘mysterious' chicken theft'.This time, His Excellency Governor of the
Lucknow: A Luckow based social activist today sent a cheque of Rs.100 to cops of Moradabad district for solving the mystery behind the missing buffalo of UP's powerful minister Mr. Azam Khan.After a year long
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