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.
Read MoreFormer Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan's MLA son Abdullah is facing disqualification over charges that he furnished incorrect date of birth while filing his nomination for the Assembly election earlier this year.
Azam Khan also said that given her seniority and stature, Mayawati should be given the chance to speak in the upper house of the Parliament.
Two separate complaints were also filed against Khan at Hazratganj and Gautampalli police stations in Lucknow.
Two separate complaints were yesterday filed at Hazratganj and Gautampalli police stations against Azam Khan for his remarks against Indian Army.
Azam Khan earned the ire of the BJP that accused former UP minister of demeaning the Indian Army.
“The state government’s decision to dissolve the waqf boards is not legal and democratic as there is no provision to dissolve the waqf boards,” Azam Khan said.
A Rampur court on Thursday directed a fresh probe into a case against former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan while it criticised the police for its shoddy investigation.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma on Monday said that upholding the dignity of women is of utmost importance for the Yogi Adityanath government
In a sardonic attack at the BJP dispensation, Khan said looking at the accelerating cases of crime in the state, ladies should avoid going to suspicious places.
UP Governor Ram Naik has written to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seeking action against former minister Azam Khan on various charges, including misuse of official position.
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said Modi, BJP and its ideological mentor, the RSS, were trying to use triple talaq for electoral gains.
‘Sati pratha’ was a Hindu funeral custom where a widow immolates herself on her husband's pyre or commits suicide after her husband's death. The age old practice was, however, abolished in the 18th century.
Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today returned the cow which was gifted to him by Shankaracharya of Govardhan Peeth Swami Adhokshjanand Maharaj, saying any vigilante could kill the animal to "defame" him.
Azam Khan may soon face CBI inquiry for allegedly acquiring Waqf Board property worth several hundred crores through trusts run by his family.
Prima facie, Azam Khan appears to have committed irregularities in the sale of property belonging to the Waqf Board, the Uttar Pradesh minister said today
Khan also rejected the charge that he and his wife have been making money from Mohammad Ali Jauhar University. He claimed that not a single rupee from the university’s fund was diverted to his family.
Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad and Congress leader Faisal Lala from Rampur have alleged that Azam, who was in charge of the Minority Affairs ministry in the SP govt, had sold property of the Waqf board at cheap rates.
Former Ranji Trophy player and currently a Minister of State in the new BJP government in Uttar Pradesh today lost his cool when he entered his office and saw photo of Samajwadi Party leaders hanging
Even if you are among those who failed to follow former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s campaign closely, there was no way you could have missed his claims of having constructed roads.
Azam Khan was on Tuesday ordered by the Supreme Court to appear before the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday.
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