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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Rampur, UP, Jun 22: An overconfident Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan today claimed that the entire rescue operation in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand could have been completed in eight hours through efficient handling of the situation. "Give
Rampur, UP, Jun 22: An overconfident Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan today claimed that the entire rescue operation in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand could have been completed in eight hours through efficient handling of the situation. "Give
Rampur (UP), Jun 10 : The Samajwadi Party has termed the appointment of Narendra Modi as the chairman of BJP's campaign Committee “unfortunate” saying that he was responsible for the 2002 Godhra riots.“Narendra Modi happens
Lucknow, May 22: The BJP has dared Azam Khan, the high-profile SP minister in UP govt, to contest against Varun Gandhi, the newly appointed General Secretary of the party, in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.The
Badaun, May 21: Turning down the possibility of a CBI probe into provocative speech cases against BJP national General Secretary Varun Gandhi, senior cabinet minister Azam Khan yesterday said that by doing so the government
Washington, April 27: Miffed over the brief detention of his Urban Development Minister Azam Khan at Boston airport, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav skipped a Harvard University event they had come to participate in.Instead,
New York, Apr 27: A miffed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, now in US, has cancelled a reception to be hosted in his honour by the New York Consul General Dnyaneshwar Mulay today besides
Washington, April 26: India has formally protested to the US over the brief detention of Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Mohammad Azam Khan at Boston airport as he arrived to take part in an event
Barabanki, UP, Apr 12 : At a time when his party chief is projecting a major national role for himself, SP leader Azam Khan on Thursday said Manmohan Singh may become the Prime Minister for
Lucknow, Mar 11: A piquant situation today arose in the state Assembly when Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mohammad Azam Khan today expressed his inability to answer a question by a member, blaming his staff for not
Lucknow, Mar 7: The Uttar Pradesh government had demanded 50 trains to clear the massive rush during the Maha Kumbh but got only 12 before the stampede on the Allahabad junction, in which 36 persons
Agra, Jan 29: Agra is fuming over Uttar Pradesh minister Mohammad Azam Khan's statement that he would have led the mob that razed the Babri Masjid if it had chosen to bring down the Taj
Lucknow, Jan 28: On a day when Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav expressed his admiration for the Taj Mahal to foreign delegates at the Jaypee Palace hotel in Agra, his cabinet member and Parliamentary
Mainpuri, Dec 26: Prominent Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan has demanded that rapists should be "stoned" to death in public as per Islamic law, saying capital punishment is much less for such a heinous
Lucknow, Dec 21: UP urban development minister and senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Tuesday allegedly slapped the AC coach attendant of 13005 Amritsar-Howrah Express while travelling from Lucknow to Rampur and forced him
Rampur, UP, Oct 21 : SP leader and UP Minister Azam Khan today questioned why the Centre had not taken action against Law Minister Salman Khurshid's NGO, which is in controversy over allegedly forging names
Rampur(UP), Jul 29: Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan today asked Team Anna as to who will meet their demands after they have exhibited "distrust" in the government and Parliament. "When they have been accusing
Lucknow, Jul 26: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Wednesday offered to resign form the Uttar Pradesh cabinet berth after he was removed as the minister in-charge of Meerut district.In a letter to Chief Minister
Lucknow, July 14: Playing down the controversy over diktats issued by a village panchayat in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohd Azam Khan on Friday said that people have freedom to express their views but the
Kanpur, June 15 : Maverick Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan last night said that he considered prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh to be the most suitable candidate for the President's post. Azam Khan had remarked
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