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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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UP Elections, Muslim Candidates, New Assembly, BJP, Samajwadi Party, Azam Khan, Nahid Hasan, AIMIM

UP Election Result: 36 Muslim candidates make it to new Assembly

Elections | Mar 11, 2022, 01:55 PM IST

This time, while the SP fielded much smaller number of Muslim candidates -- 64 -- primarily in an attempt to shed the tag of its MY (Muslim - Yadav) combination being its core constituency, the BSP fielded 88 Muslims while the Congress fielded another 75.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav with party leader Azam

Even Akhilesh Yadav doesn't want Azam Khan to come out of jail, says Adityanath

Elections | Feb 14, 2022, 10:33 AM IST

CM Yogi Adityanath said that Akhilesh Yadav should understand that cases against Azam Khan pertain to courts and not state governments.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan. 

UP election 2022: SC denies interim bail to SP leader Azam Khan for campaigning

Elections | Feb 08, 2022, 11:19 PM IST

A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai, however, granted liberty to Khan to approach the concerned court and request for expeditious disposal of bail pleas. How can you file 32 petitions to seek bail? Don't bring politics in court, the bench said.

Team of India TV's election special show 'Yeh Public Hai

Yeh Public Hai Sab Jaanti Hai: What women voters have to say in Azam Khan's stronghold Rampur

Elections | Feb 04, 2022, 12:10 AM IST

The team of India TV's election special show 'Yeh Public Hai Sab Jaanti Hai' reached Rampur and tried to gauge the mood of voters in Rampur, Samajwadi Party Azam Khan's stronghold region.

azam khan up elections 2022

UP polls: SP leader Azam Khan moves SC, seeks interim bail to campaign for elections

Elections | Jan 22, 2022, 11:23 PM IST

Azam Khan has been lodged in Sitapur jail since February 2020 last year as many cases registered against him.

Jauhar University land

Yogi's big action against Azam Khan: Govt takes over Jauhar University's land in Rampur

India | Sep 10, 2021, 03:07 PM IST

The Uttar Pradesh government has taken over the land of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur.

azam khan, sitapur jail

Azam Khan's health deteriorates, to be shifted to hospital from Sitapur jail

India | Jul 19, 2021, 02:28 PM IST

Azam Khan, his son and wife Tanzeen Fatima were sent to jail in February last year following multiple cases of theft, fraud and forgery that were lodged against them. Tanzeen Fatima was released on bail in December 2020

Azam khan and son discharged

Azam Khan, son discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid; being taken back to jail

India | Jul 13, 2021, 03:10 PM IST

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Khan were discharged from a hospital on Tuesday after recovering from COVID-19 and are being taken to the Sitapur district jail where they were lodged in various cases before being hospitalised, officials said.

SP leader Azam Khan in critical condition, on oxygen support

SP leader Azam Khan in critical condition, on oxygen support

India | May 29, 2021, 01:13 PM IST

The father-son duo was tested positive for COVID-19 on April 30. Azam Khan's health suddenly deteriorated on May 9 following which he along with his son was sent to Lucknow by an ambulance.

Senior SP leader Azam Khan critical but under control,

Hospitalised for COVID, Azam Khan's health 'critical but under control'

India | May 24, 2021, 08:55 PM IST

The condition of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is critical yet under control, said a Lucknow hospital in a statement on Monday.

azam khan covid19 positive

Covid-19 positive Azam Khan shifted to Lucknow hospital from Sitapur jail, on oxygen support

India | May 10, 2021, 10:18 AM IST

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and been shifted from the Sitapur jail to a private hospital in Lucknow for Covid-19 treatment.

Azam Khan's wife released

Azam Khan's wife Tanzeen Fatima released on bail after 10 months

India | Dec 22, 2020, 10:58 AM IST

Tanzeen Fatima, who walked out of jail late on Monday night, said that she had been a professor in a government college and suddenly she was branded as a criminal.

With 11 more, cases against Azam Khan reach 100

With 11 more, cases against Azam Khan reach 100

India | Dec 18, 2020, 01:32 PM IST

With 11 more cases slapped on Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan, the tally of cases he is facing has reached 100.

Mulayam Singh, Azam Khan in Samajwadi Party star campaigner list

Mulayam, Azam in Samajwadi Party star campaigner list, Jaya missing

Elections | Oct 21, 2020, 12:46 PM IST

Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav is admitted to the Medanta hospital in Gurugram after testing Covid positive while MP Mohd Azam Khan is still in jail.

Wife, son to be released on bail, Azam Khan to remain in jail

Wife, son to be released on bail, Azam Khan to remain in jail

India | Oct 14, 2020, 09:42 AM IST

Justice Siddharth, on Tuesday, ordered that Tanzeen Fatima and Abdullah Azam be released on furnishing bonds as per the order of the magistrate concerned. forgery of

Allahabad HC stays demolition of Azam Khan's resort

Allahabad HC stays demolition of Azam Khan's resort

India | Sep 09, 2020, 10:31 AM IST

The Allahabad High Court has stayed the demolition of 'Humsafar', a resort belonging to Tanzeen Fatima, wife of Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan. 

Azam Khan removed as head of Jauhar property

Azam Khan removed as head of Jauhar property

Politics | May 29, 2020, 09:27 AM IST

In a major jolt to beleaguered Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board has taken direct control of Waqf number 157, commonly known as the land belonging to the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust, till now headed by Azam Khan.

Azam Khan’s wife fractures her shoulder after falling in

Azam Khan’s wife fractures her shoulder after falling in Sitapur jail bathroom

India | May 11, 2020, 09:58 AM IST

Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan’s wife Tazeen Fatma has fractured her shoulder after falling in the bathroom of Sitapur District Jail, officials said on Sunday.

UP Congress slams Akhilesh for 'abandoning' Azam Khan

UP Congress slams Akhilesh for 'abandoning' Azam Khan

India | Mar 04, 2020, 12:50 PM IST

A day after Mohd Azam Khan's brother-in-law Zameer Ahmad Khan said that the former was upset with his Samajwadi Party (SP) for not supporting him in his hour of crisis, the Congress has stepped in to corner the SP for 'abandoning' their leader.

Azam Khan surrenders with wife and son in Rampur court

Azam Khan surrenders with wife and son, sent to jail

India | Feb 26, 2020, 02:09 PM IST

Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan, his wife Tanzeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam surrendered in the district court on Wednesday. The family was taken into custody.